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Notes from the Short Sale Trenches

Posted in Short Sales, Success Stories, tagged , on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Athletes speak of a “good tired” and a “bad tired” after a game, good after a win and bad after a loss. Tonight I am the good kind of tired. 13 months ago I met with a very nice lady in White Plains who called me after a Realtor she was interviewing proposed that since [...]

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Yonkers Short Sale: Do You Need an Attorney? YES

Posted in Success Stories, tagged , , , on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s one from the other side of the closing table, where I represented buyers on a 5-month odyssey to purchase a short sale in Yonkers. It made me appreciate the waiting game that buyers must endure, and how valuable status updates are to home purchasers of a short sale in order to stay engaged and committed to [...]

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Peekskill Short Sale: Lessons to Learn

Posted in Short Sales, Success Stories, tagged , , , on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We recently closed on the short sale in Peekskill, NY and it was rather unique. For one, the seller, a licensed professional, had to come up with some money at the closing due to being lighter in the hardship department. We warned the client of this possibility, but the way the bank went about it [...]

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Dutchess County Short Sale: Old School Guy from the Bronx

Posted in Short Sales, Success Stories, tagged , , on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Earlier this month we closed on a short sale that was another marathon. I listed it in April of 2009 and got an offer that August. It went under contract in early September and everything looked like a relatively smooth deal until about a month into the contract period we still did not have a negotiator assigned [...]

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The Fast Closing: Putnam Valley Short Sale

Posted in Short Sales, Success Stories, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

128 days ago, I sat at a dining room table in Putnam Valley, New York, just north of the Westchester County border with a young couple who were listed 4 times previously with 3 different brokerages in unsuccessful attempts to sell their home. Along the way, they got behind on their payments due to loss of income [...]

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The Divorce: Dutchess County Short Sale

Posted in Short Sales, Success Stories, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This short sale closed at the end of this past year. The clients were divorced, and the home they had built while married was incomplete and upside down. The house was listed this past summer. Divorce cases are in and of themselves difficult. I have to give both clients credit in their dealings with me- [...]

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The Option-ARM Victims -Westchester Short Sale

Posted in Short Sales, Success Stories, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Predatory lending is an insidious practice. Those that make a short term profit at the expense of another person’s financial health are criminals. Of course, they know little of the damage they cause, but those of us who try and pick up the pieces know that harm all too well. I was called to meet with [...]

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The Widower -Westchester Short Sale

Posted in Short Sales, Success Stories, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The stereotypical view of people who face foreclosure is that they are irresponsible or unintelligent. But sometimes, they are good, intelligent professionals who have had bad things happen. My own older brother, a Cornell alum, lost his house in the early 90′s due to illness. One couple I listed was in similarly bad circumstances. She [...]

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We Want a Baby -Orange County, NY Short Sale

Posted in Short Sales, Success Stories, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Some transactions stay with you your whole life. This occurred almost 2 years ago and seems like it was last week. The clients lived in Orange County, an exurb of NYC about 40 minutes north of White Plains. They were desperate, and their situation was compelling. First, they were restoring an older Georgian. Even in [...]

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