Understanding a short sale approval letter is a critical skill for a real estate agent, homeowner selling on a short sale, investor buying on a short sale, and anyone affected by a particular short sale transaction.

Most banks approving short sales are national.  This means they have loans in most states.  However, they often have legal council for the states they have loans in.  Because of this, often they will adjust their short sale approvals based on what works on the…

Ocwen is continuing to grow as they won an auction for Rescap's mortage servicing and origination assets. Files that were previously being serviced with GMAC will now be serviced by Ocwen. Ocwen is a large servicer who is well known in the short sale community for it's outsourcing and not wanting to postpone sale dates. With that aside Ocwen is a fairly easy lender to deal with if you have contacts and know how to maneuver through their…

Need feedback, help and advise.

I've listed a home (Nov. 2011)  in Scottsdale AZ, for a seller who was discharged of his Mtg Debts thru Chapter 7 BK in  2 months prior-Sept.2011.

The seller did not want a secondary negative credit reporting of a  'foreclosure' on his credit after his BK, so that is the reason he would like to short sell.

The first Lien holder ( B of A) approved the short sale and offered the junior Lien holder (chase) $6,000 to release the…