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What Does It Take To Get Started With A Short Sale?

Hello everyone, this is Kelly Cook again with the Cook & Associates Real Estate Advisors, your real estate and short sale specialist in :k1:. You can find us online at KellyCookHomes.com. We’re part of the Real Broker Real Estate Network, one of the largest real estate brokers in the entire country and we specialize in helping homeowners find alternatives to foreclosure through the means of a short sale. The topic we’re discussing today is a question that we frequently get and that’s, “What does it take to get started with a short sale?”

A lot of people aren’t too sure about the process and think it’s a big cumbersome thing to get started so they put it off. This isn’t what you want to do because the short sale process is pretty painless.

The first thing you want to do is contact a short sale expert in your area; Phoenix, AZ and Columbus, OH, we are your short sale specialists. We’ve done over 400 short sales and have about a 95% success rate. Once you contact a short sale specialist, someone like ourselves, already has pre-filled out forms that we know the bank wants to see as part of your short sale package. We’ll give these to you to fill out and sign, as well as a checklist of items that you need to gather that the bank will want to see. We’ll also send you the state appropriate real estate documents which authorizes us to market your home on your behalf. All of these things will get sent to the bank along with an offer; once we have a buyer, we start negotiating with the bank. This process can take some time, however, the entire time we’re negotiating the short sale we handle everything. All you have to do is gather the required documents for the bank at the beginning of the short sale process. It’s pretty painless.

Give us a call if you have any questions; we’d love to chat with you and make sure you understand the entire short sale process. You can email us at info@cookandassociatesaz.com, call us at our AZ office at 480.442.9868, our OH office at 614.600.2028 or check out our short sale calculator site at MyHomeValueCalculator.com. You can find out the instantaneous value of your home in today’s market.

How To Get Started On Your Phoenix, Arizona Short Sale

Hello everyone this is Kelly Cook with the Cook & Associates Real Estate Advisors, your :k1: short sale specialists, thanks for taking a minute to check out my blog today. My team of short sale experts are dedicated to helping :k1: homeowners avoid foreclosure and I use my blog to pass along valuable information on the short sale process. If you are behind on your mortgage, or already considering a short sale, please take a minute to stop by website or contact me directly to discuss your options.

For my blog today I wanted to discuss how to get started on a short sale file in the state of :k1:. Seems like a pretty simple question and it can be if you follow a few easy steps. Number one, contact an experienced short sale agent in :k1: who has a history of getting deficiencies waived and short sales approved. Selling your distressed property is important and having the right agent will protect you in the long run and have the information you need to feel confident throughout the entire process. Second, you will want to gather, or fill out, all the paperwork needed to submit your short sale packet to the bank. By having all the proper financial information ready for your bank we can help ensure short sale success in a short amount of time. In fact, on my website we have created a customized checklist that will help you get all your ducks in a row when submitting your short sale packet. Third, we will meet at your home to go over the real estate listing documents to make sure we find a buyer fast in order to submit a completed packet.

Getting your short sale started is not that complicated and with my three easy steps you will be receiving an approval letter in no time. Stop by website or contact me today with any questions you may have on the short sale process. I’m Kelly Cook with the Cook & Associates Real Estate Advisors, thank you and have a great day.