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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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Short Sale Questions and Answers!

Is a Short Sale RIGHT for the Borrower? This is a question often asked by both people facing foreclosure. Why would someone sell his or her house utilizing a Short Sale method? To put it simply, to avoid a foreclosure on the homeowner’s record and to decrease the length of time a lender will require [...]

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7 Top Ways to Blow a Short Sale

by Guest Contributor Ted Akers of InvestorFundingSite I cannot take credit for this one, but thought it worth a Post for those of you pursuing Short Sales. Pre-list on eBay. While eBay has become a household name and is frequently used to drum up interest in short sales, it is also a time consuming headache [...]

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4 Ways to Improve Your Short Sale Package

From the Tip Bucket, here at Short Sale Artisan Tip #1: Research the Lender! Each lender is different, so make sure you know what the lender needs in a short sale package. Many lenders have specific procedures that need to be followed and documents that need to be completed for your package to be considered [...]

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How to Write a Hardship Letter that Gets the Bank to Say “Yes!”

A well-crafted and ironclad hardship letter is probably one of the biggest components to getting a short sale approval from the bank. Without clear description of the dire straights the borrower finds themselves in, no lender will willingly short the loan. So how do you go about writing a letter that will get the banks [...]

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