Browsing the archives for the BPO tag

Don’t Believe Everything You Read About Short Sale Flopping

A new article from the LA Times appeared on September 5th coining a new type of scam called, “Flopping”. In a nutshell, the article claims that agents, lawyers, and loan brokers all conspire together to devalue a house more than it really is to get a better deal on a property than it is truly [...]

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4 Tips to Influencing Your BPO (Broker Price Opinion) on Your Short Sale

Simply put, the Broker Price Opinion, or BPO, is an valuation or estimation of a property completed by a real estate broker or other licensed individual. The BPO is a “middle of the road” appraisal; and is more thorough than the AVM (Automated Value Model), a system that calculates a value in minutes with no [...]

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