Just a quick note to let everyone know…I have re-directed the URL www.coloradoavoidforeclosure.com to www.scotthardinghomes.com/foreclosure-help/. I have done this in order to better serve all my customers – distressed property owners and non-distressed – all in one place. The same valuable information can be found in it’s new location, and I am still available LIVE [...]

Getting ready to go track down my Short Sale sellers for some needed signatures!
Sometimes, in order to help people avoid foreclosure, and get a short sale done, it becomes necessary to do more legwork than in a regular transaction.
In this particular case, my seller has moved out of their home to a more affordable location [...]

When speaking to a prospective Short Sale client today, I was alarmed by how resistant this particular distressed property owner was to the idea of me listing her property for sale!! Her biggest concern, by far, seemed to be that she had put all of her remaining life’s savings into trying to keep up the [...]

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 –noun, plural -ries.

a state of perplexity or uncertainty, esp. as to what to do; dilemma.

 
While I have seen first-hand the difficulties created by the inflation and subsequent bursting of the housing bubble, I think it is fascinating to sit back and watch as the very people and institutions which caused this mess [...]

Just a heads up…you want to ask your next potential Short Sale Seller IF their orignal loan(s) to purchase the property were FHA loans.
Bank of America, and possibly others, are now requiring certain FHA-specific documents to be signed by the Seller for inclusion in their Short Sale package, as well as specific language to be [...]

I couldn’t help but think of the words of my short sale mentor when I received buyer’s notification of cancellation on one of my pending short sales.
When referring to the ups and downs of short sales, he always says, “don’t take any of it personally”!!
And in this case, I’m certainly not going to take it [...]

Working with Wells Fargo – ASC on our most recent Short Sale negotiation has been very frustrating, to say the least.
As those of you who have had experience with Short Sales know, all too well, the Short Sale process of dealing with a bank’s negotiator can be very trying.
In this current negotiation, we “thought” we [...]