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I haven't done a short sale yet, but from what I hear I shouldn't be anxious to do one anyways. I mean it's already hard enough selling property right now, a short sale just adds layers and layers of uncertainty. The fact that offers on short sale properties must be reviewed by the lender is one of the biggest problems. It's not so much the fact the offers have to be reviewed, but it's the time that it takes for them to do it that's the problem. I've spoken to several agents who have short sa... Read Full Post

By now every Oakland real estate agent knows what a short sale is, because we are seeing record numbers of them. If you are a real estate agent and you started your career less than four or five years ago, then it is very possible that you didn't even know what a short sale was until recently. Unfortunately, today short sales are simply a reality if the business and the market that we are in. From the perspective of a real estate agent, a short sale is much more of a riskier edeavor. In a typ... Read Full Post