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Trulia Real Estate Website Says Buyers are Still in Control
 
Buyers are in control, as a growing supply of unsold homes add up to the price cuts in nearly one quarter of U.S. home market, in May. As in April, sellers lowered asking prices at least once on 22 percent of homes liste ... Read More »

Got some good news for those of us who are short sales investors in the article below.  By the way, I've been investing in short sales since 2006 and even if you haven't started yet, don't feel like you've missed the boat!  Make sure you check out my main website above and if you're interested in quantum leaping your success, click on the mentoring tab on the left to see how you can work with me or one of my coaches.

The real estate market is in a slump, and experts are predicting that this will continue through the rest of the year with only a slow recovery in 2010. The new government is trying to accelerate that process, and seeking to restore value to the housing which many people own.

The cautious will stand back and see how it all shakes out over the coming years. Fervently hoping that their own homes will not become worthless, they warily watch the unfolding of events in a helpless state of disbelief. When the market recovers, and the house prices return to a normal relationship with average incomes, they will congratulate themselves that they were able to hang on.

Meanwhile, those who seized the opportunity and studied the process of real estate investment, including short sales and lease options, will be steadily building their portfolio and accumulating wealth so that the recovery in the housing market will see them positioned as millionaires and able to suit themselv ... Read More »

What do you do if you have some money that you want to invest in real estate, or you know that you have good credit and would be able to get a loan on an investment property, but you really don't want to pay the usual asking price for a house in the current housing environment? There is a way that you can buy a house for less than the usual price, but without being involved with a foreclosure auction, which can have drawbacks. After all, we have all heard about foreclosures where the house is trashed by the angry ex-owner on being evicted, and an auction on the courthouse steps can be intimidating, not to mention the problem that you have to pay up in cash immediately.

The alternative to buying at foreclosure if you want to buy a house at a bargain price is called a short sale, and it happens at the pre-foreclosure stage, before the owners have been thrown out. If you do not know much about the process, it can be very helpful to find a mentor to walk you through it once or twice.
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Timing to get involved has never been better to get involved in real estate short sales.  However, you may not have heard a lot recently about the so-called “real estate short sale.” You may also have asked yourself: “what is a short sale?” Certainly, with the increase in mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures, there have been many more short sale investing opportunities.