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Tampa Short Sales makes HGTV’S frontdoor.com top 10 Real Estate Nightmares List

Top Real Estate Nightmares My article for HGTV’s frontdoor.com, Top Ten Real Estate Nightmares, came in at #7 on the top ten list and has been the most viewed article on my blog in 2011! Learn how you can avoid these hair-raising real estate horrors By Shannon Petrie, FrontDoor.com Buying a short sale?  Be prepared […]

Posted in: Short Sales Tampa Tagged: How to buy Short Sales, Short Sale Process Tampa, Short Sale Realtors Tampa, Short Sales Tampa, timeframe for short sales

Short Sale Delays, Misconceptions, and The Truth-Part 1

This is a guest blog post from Michelle Schaefferkoetter at Stewart Title in St. Petersburg, Fl There are so many misconceptions about selling your home as a short sale these days, so I reached out to Michelle at Stewart Title to give our readers an insight on how the Short Sale process works and what you […]

Posted in: Selling Home as Short Sale, Short Sale Realtors Tagged: How to buy Short Sales, How to sell as short sale, Title Insurance

Short Sale or Death-Which Will Happen First? Advantages of Buying Foreclosures

Homebuyers tell me they “only want to look at short sales”. My initial response is why? You can read a previous post here about Can I get a short sale for 20% less than asking price? Short Sale Disadvantages: The question today is a short sale worth the months of waiting just to find out […]

Posted in: Bank Owned and Short Sale Tagged: Bank Owned and Short Sale, Foreclosure Statistics Tampa, How to buy Short Sales, Short Sale Process Tampa, Short Sale vs Foreclosure

Are you really getting a better deal on a short sale or foreclosure, or is it all an illusion ?

If you could get the same deal buying a home from a seller instead of a short sale or bank foreclosure would you? So what’s the big attraction to short sales and foreclosures? Can you really get a better deal buying one? That seems to be the number one question people ask me. They say […]

Posted in: Short Sale vs Foreclosure Tagged: First Time Home Buying Advice, Foreclosures and Bank Owned, How to buy Short Sales

What Does a Bank Approved Short Sale Mean?

Great question from one of my buyers. Don’t be mislead when purchasing a short sale… When a short sale says “Bank Approved” does that mean it is an easier process than a traditional short sale? It could be a shorter process but there’s no guarantee. I always ask  the Realtor to supply written documentation of […]

Posted in: Selling Home as Short Sale, Short Sales Tampa Tagged: How to buy Short Sales, Short Sale Process Tampa, timeframe for short sales

Can I get a short sale for 20% less than asking price?

Should you submit a low ball offer on a short sale?  Every market is different, so I am giving examples of what we are experiencing here in the Tampa Real Estate Market, where about 40% of our homes for sale are either a short sale or foreclosure.  Before you decide to buy a short sale, keep […]

Posted in: Short Sales Tampa Tagged: Bank Owned and Short Sale, How to buy Short Sales, Short Sale Process Tampa

Short Sale questions answered-Tampa, Fl

What is a short sale?  A short sale occurs when a property is sold and the lender agrees to accept a discounted payoff, meaning the lender will release the lien that is secured to the property upon receipt of less money than is actually owed. Right now in Tampa one half of all homes on […]

Posted in: First Time Home Buyers, First Time Home Buying Advice, Short Sales Tampa, Tampa Real Estate Market News & Updates Tagged: How to buy Short Sales, Short Sale Process Tampa

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