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To Pay or Not To Pay That Is the Ultimate Short Sale Question

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Tni LeBlanc, JD, MA, CDPE, REALTOR®

I find that many people with high incomes and/or substantial assets often make the strategic decision to stop making payments because they do not believe that the lender will consider their hardship case without it. So, they are not making payments to drive home the issue of hardship to the lender. Continue reading →

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Two Loans with Two Lenders: Short Sale Approval Received in 41 Days!

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Tni LeBlanc, JD, MA, CDPE, REALTOR®

I have another short sale success story to report. I just closed a short sale that was fully approved by both short sale lenders, Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS) and Specialized Loan Servicing (SLS), within 41 days of submitting the short sale application. Working with two short sale lenders can be difficult, and I do think that this is the number one reason most short sales fail. Negotiating between two lenders can add a significant amount of time to the approval process. However, by staying in almost constant contact with both lenders I was able to negotiate this short sale in record time, with no seller contribution and the deficiency waived on both loans. Continue reading →

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Failed Loan Modification? A Short Sale May Help You To Avoid Foreclosure

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Tni LeBlanc, JD, MA, CDPE, REALTOR®

Every week I speak to local homeowners who are frustrated with the process of obtaining a loan modification. I know there are a lot of people out there that claim they can guarantee results, etc. However, I am doubtful of those claims. And in my experience, whether you will get a loan modification depends mainly on who your lender is (servicer) and who the investors are behind the loan. Since you already have the loan and are in a bind, you can’t do anything about who your lender is, what you have is what you have. I have spoken to homeowners who have spent 15 months working through the system only to be rejected for the second or third time. Continue reading →

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