Subscribe to PostsWelcome to ExtremeShortSale.com and the Gregory Real Estate Group. We’re glad you’re here and welcome your comments. Our goal for today is to explain how to choose a real estate agent for a Santa Clarita Short Sale transaction or a short sale in any area. The Santa Clarita Real Estate market continues to be loaded with Short Sales so chances are, if you’re reading this post, you’re looking to buy a home or sell a home. If so, we bet it’s a short sale! Take a look at the video and read below to learn more.
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We all know a Real Estate Agent! The only criteria most of us use to choose a Real Estate Agent is, the agent be a friend or a friend of a friend. That’s it! Wow, we might interview and take bids from at least three contractors to do $5,000. worth of construction work around our home. We might visit three stores to buy a $1500. washer and dryer. Why is it, when it comes to choosing a Santa Clarita real estate agent to buy or sell a $400,000 home, most of us just call a friend? Who knows, but that’s what we do! NO QUESTIONS ASKED! Hmmmmm…….
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We’ll I’m here to say, be very careful which real estate agent you choose if you’re buying or selling a Santa Clarita Short Sale. These short sale transactions are becoming more and more complex and difficult. As time goes on it’s tougher and tougher to close a Santa Clarita short sale. With many folks doing their best to avoid foreclosure or avoid a costly loan modification the number of Santa Clarita short Sales keep increasing. If you plan to buy or sell a short sale, here’s what’s suggested:
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Make sure you meet you prospective Santa Clarita Real Estate Agent at the agents office for an interview. Ask questions like you would to any agent but make sure you add the following. Make sure to find out if the agent has a proved track record for successful closed short sale transactions. This is critical! If your agent is not highly experienced with short sales, your deal could fall through due to a honest lack of experience. Next, be sure to ask exactly who will negotiate on your behalf with your lender? If it’s the agent, make sure that agent or the agents team member has experience negotiating with lenders. Has this person ever worked for a lender before? Have they ever had dealings with your lender? If so, how many? Do they have specific connections within your lenders organization that might be helpful? You get the picture. Ask questions and then, confirm! Ask for multiple referrals and then contact those referrals to verify.
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Matt Gregory and his Gregory Real Estate Group almost always use a professional negotiator to handle the transaction with the lender. We feel it’s in our clients best interest to use a negotiator with the experience and knowledge to help our clients as much as possible. If your agent plans to use a negotiator it’s best to find out who that person or company is and at least look them up. You can always see reviews a Google Places, just for starters. As a first priority, your agent should be helping you to avoid foreclosure but stay in your home. If a loan modification is not a financially sound solution, it’s probably best to short sale.
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Make sure you’re comfortable with your agent and have confidence he or she can help the Short Sale Transaction close. For the homeowner, a Santa Clarita Short Sale transaction may only happen once in a lifetime. Why take chances? Contact Matt Gregory and the Gregory Real Estate Group, today! We want to help you, help yourself, today.
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