You can buy a home before it goes into foreclosure, if you manage to arrange a short sale. A short sale is when the homeowner sells the home to you at a price lower than what they owe to the bank or other lender. Short sales are a way of reducing the loan against the property, so it is more marketable. It means a loss for the homeowner, but there are many reasons why an owner may choose a short sale.
I assume that you already talked with the bank and initiated the short sale process. As a result, you have been sent the short sale package. If you ask, it can be faxed to you as well. You also have secured a buyer and have had the contract signed. The buyer (a local real estate investor) has sent you his prove of funds (or preapproval letter from his lender). At this point you have everything necessary to prepare the package.
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For better or worse, short sales will be a common part of the real estate transactional landscape for the foreseeable future. It makes sense, then, to understand why they exist and how, exactly, they work. A short sale occurs when the value of a property is less than outstanding balance on the mortgage or mortgages affecting it and the mortgage holder(s) agree to accept less than the amount owed to them in order to facilitate the sale of the property.
One of the most common questions I get asked as a credit consultant is; How can a short sale be performed without having to damage your credit? The answer is actually quite simple. Always try to prevent the damage to your report prior to the negative item(s) being placed on your report. One false rumor is that in order to qualify for a short sale you need to be late on your mortgage. I will be happy to explain why this rumor is false in another article, the main thing to understand here is that a short sale is a form of loss mitigation.