Short Sales – The Good News and the Bad
Short sales where just not the norm in days past. Usually the biggest real estate discounts where found in pre-foreclosure and foreclosure. The high profit potential in short sales were just not there. The idea behind both foreclosure and short sale is to recover as much as possible from the unpaid loan.
A lender will occur a much deeper price cut if it agrees to a short sale. The homeowner will walk away with absolutely nothing and the bank will recoup as much as possible from its loss. Now this might seem like a lose-lose situation for both parties but it does have its advantages.
Although short sales were very rare, this is no longer the case because of the subprime-lending crisis. This crisis has turned real estate up side down. Lenders now see short sales as a viable option to rid themselves of properties. This is excellent news for real estate investors.
This by far is not a banks preferred method of removing property from the books but it is an effective way of preventing substantial loss because of a potential foreclosed property.
The bank will receive a deed to the property in a short sale because the bank is willing to accept less money than is owed by the original buyer. The reason the bank accepts these terms includes:
For more videos on short sales check out Kevin and Fred on the Short Sale Power Hour. Video for Short Sale Specialists.









Fred Weaver is a founding co-owner of Group 46:10. He has been working in the financing/real estate business for over 7 years. Fred began his real estate career by working for a large wholesale bank as a processor and rate/lock specialist for home mortgages. After 2 years in the business, Fred transferred from the banking side of home loans to the mortgage side. While on the mortgage side of financing, Fred gained experience originating mortgages and processing files for Morgan Capital of Arizona, Inc.
Kevin is a founding co-owner of Group 46:10. He began working in the real estate business in 2007 after spending 8 years working in the finance industry for companies such as Bank One, Green Tree Financial, & GE Capital.


