When doing a short sale, you will need to obtain many documents to be submitted to the lender.  The paperwork that you will need includes:

• Most recent mortgage statements
• Two months of checking account statements
• Two months of savings account statements
• Two months of other bank accounts statements
• Last two pay statements
• Last two years tax return statements
• Hardship letter
• Financial statement

Your short sale specialist should guide you through this process of completing and obtaining this paperwork.