Daily Archives: September 6, 2010



Every short sale investor has a specialty - that particular types of deals that they do better than any other. In many cases, the success of a deal can hinge on how familiar you are with the type of negotiations that go along with it. If you are just getting started in the short sale business, you may want to focus on a type of home or property that is straight forward, in today's market, in order to boost your ability to find and do transactions.

Finding Short Sale Properties That Will Work For You


Bank of America sent out nearly 100,000 solicitations to distressed homeowners to offer them a chance at a deed-in-lieu transaction. "Deed-in-lieu" refers to returning the deed to your home to a lender in order to avoid the foreclosure process. You get to walk away from your home, and the lender declares the debt resolved because you returned the home, your collateral. Many lenders have said that they will offer a variety of incentives for this type of transaction because it saves them a great deal of resorces in processing costs even though they may take a hit when they try to resell the home in today's difficult market.

Dealing With The Deed-in-Lieu Of