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This online report outlines the warning signs of potentially fraudulent mortgage relief assistance—and provides solutions for homeowners struggling to make mortgage payments in Macomb and Oakland County Michigan.

Tough times are happening to your friends, your family, and maybe even you. We are seeing an increase of Short Sales in today's Macomb and Oakland County Real Estate Market.

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Call … 1-800-274-5656 to talk to Macomb and Oakland County Michigan Top Short Sale Specialist today. Rick Giese Associate Broker with RE/MAX Advisors for more foreclosure avoidance information. By calling Rick at 1-800-274-5656 Today

It's important to me to share stories about successful short sales. As a short sale agent in Macomb and Oakland County MI, it seems that we hear more about the horror stories, that are created by scam artist and agents who don’t have experience!

Another Homeowner in Macomb Twp, Michigan Avoids Foreclosure by Completing a Short Sale with Macomb and Oakland Counties Leading Short Sale Realtor

These programs are designed to make your decision to short sale your home easier. Your lender wants to Help avoid a foreclosure as much as you do.

Information to Help You Make the Call! I get the question from people all the time: short sale or foreclosure, which is the better option? My knee-jerk reaction is always “Are you kidding? Short sale, of course!”

Another Homeowner in Clinton Twp, Michigan Avoids Foreclosure by Completing a Short Sale with Macomb and Oakland Counties Leading Short Sale Broker

The housing crisis that started in 2007 made these once dubious transactions part of the mainstream. Values plummeted and economic pressures created financial peril for homeowners, forcing them to seek solutions which could help their situation.

The biggest advantage a short sale has over a foreclosure is that you can buy your next home much sooner.

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Do I have enough time to short sale my house, or is the foreclosure already too far along? Please let me know.

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I get the question from people all the time: short sale or foreclosure, which is the better option?

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We recently recieved a e-mail. They had a friend who was having a hard time with a short sale on a Fannie Mae Loan.

Many homeowners have short sold their home and never missed a payment. The lenders will approve a short sale where the seller has not missed a payment when the following is in place.

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We receive calls all the time that go something like this “I have fought the bank for year and half, and after paying thousands and thousands I have decided to short sale, can you help me”?

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A potential home seller asked me, how do I we get paid on a short sale transaction? Here is the answer to that question.

"I would like to hire you to help me short sale my house. However, I am concerned that if the short sale doesn't go thru, then I will still owe you money. No. There is NO Costs to you, whether we are successful or not short saling your property

We talked to a homeowner recently about a short sales. Her house was close to being foreclosed upon very soon. She had thought about short selling the house. But, she had heard from her friends that banks don't really like short sales.

I see a lot of agents making mistakes on short sales property valuation. Lenders hire a supposedly impartial third party to value the property.

What do you do when the house isn't selling for any more money, but the bank keeps on rejecting the offers? You can give up, but then the seller loses the house to foreclosure.

If your loan qualifies for the HAFA program, then you may be eligible for a number of financial incentives. You can get up to $3,000 to help with moving costs.

"I am trying to buy a short sale. I have been waiting on an answer to my offer for 6 months. The agent tells me we should have an answer any day.

We received the following e-mail a little while ago from another agent that does short sales. It illustrates how the current short sale guidelines hurt the housing market and homeowners short selling their house.

"I have an FHA loan and want to get a loan modification. My bank is playing hardball and won't modify the loan at all. My friend got a loan modification and said it was pretty easy. What can I do to modify my loan?"

Local CDPE-designated agent, Rick Giese of RE/MAX Advisors, has developed a website report providing information regarding the truth about a mortgage trend called “strategic default,” where homeowners walk away from their mortgages.

Most mortgages are sold after they are made. We estimate that around 75-80% of all mortgages were sold before the housing crisis.

Sometimes it seems like short sales are tough. “Don’t try to short sale your house. Short Sales never go thru”, people tell you. “I had a short sale with a large national lender. The loan was owned by Fannie Mae, not the lender.

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The number one reason people short sale is to salvage their credit. After all, a short sale has much less of an impact on your credit than a foreclosure. Despite all this, banks still make short sales tough.

There are two things you must understand if you are doing short sales. They are BPOs and HUD-1s. A BPO is what the short sale lender uses to determine the value of the property.

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It always amazes me when I hear the stories of agents who talk about horrible short sales are. "Don't waste your time on a short sale", they tell homeowners. "Not True... if you have been trained and have experience with Short Sales"

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Rick Giese of RE/MAX Advisors, has developed a website report providing information regarding the availability of lender and government programs to avoid foreclosure, including the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative Program, or "HAFA."

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If you have been reading about short sales, then you have probably heard the term "BPO" and wondered what it meant.

It really gets on my nerves that people who don’t know what they are doing can ruin it for everyone else. If you are thinking about short selling your home, make sure you hire a competent, experienced short sale agent.

“So, you’re telling me that unless I can get you the TPG form filled out, then you will reject this short sale and subject your company to a potential $17,000 loss,?” “Yes, you are right”, she replied.