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Happy Valentine’s Day – The Facts about Loan Modifications

Thursday, February 14th, 2013 at 12:35 pm  
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Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone  the facts about loan modifications!!

Today is a great day to tell anyone and everyone you see and know Happy Valentine’s Day. Many of the Sellers that are upside down on their home are stressed out and don’t know what to do.  First off, I want all Sellers to know that when they got a loan from the bank their money was given to the bank from an investor.  This investor could be a trust, reit, or maybe the government.  The bank guaranteed the investor or group of investors a set interest rate.  Many Sellers are attempting a loan modification hoping to keep their house.  I always ask my Sellers if could wave my wand what do you want from the bank.  Most of them will answer that they want the bank to reduce their balance on their loan or they want a certain amount for their monthly payment.  Here are some facts I want to share this Valentine’s Day with the Sellers:

1.  During a loan modification the bank is still continuing with the foreclosure.

2.  I have not spoken with a Seller yet that got a reduction in the value of their home on a homesteaded property and I have done over 500 short sales.

3. The monthly payment the Seller wants makes no sense.  They are not considering how much their taxes and insurance is on the property nor are they considering the interest that will be charged for the loan amount.  Example:  Seller owes $300,00,000 on the loan at 4% for 30 years is $1,432.25  – Yearly Taxes are $3,000 per year $250.00 a month – Insurance is $1,500 per year – $125.00 per month –  Total monthly payment NOT INCLUDING HOA (homeowners association dues) would be $1,807.25.  Many Sellers want a lower payment than this amount because they can’t afford it.

4.  I have only seen the bank take the monthly payments that they are behind plus interest, late fees and attorney fees and add it to the end of the mortgage and/or change it to a 40 year mortgage.  Which would make their monthly payment $1,253.82 on the loan plus taxes and insurance would be $1,628.82.

So on Valentine’s Day I just want to let all the Sellers going through this difficult time that your home is where your heart is and may God Bless you during this difficult time.

So should a Seller do a short sale? First you need a good negotiator working on your file.  Benefits of a short sale:

1.  The Forgiveness of Debt Act which expires on December 31, 2013 allows Sellers who own their properties as homestead to waive the tax ramifications should the bank forgive the debt.  Up to 1 Million Dollars for a Single Individual and $2 Million Dollars for a married couple.

2.  The Bank will report the short sale on their credit report as being settled for less.

3.  The Sellers may receive some money to relocate.

4.  The Sellers may not have to pay a cash contribution or a promissory note.  Again this depends on your negotiator/realtor.

5.  The Bank will not go after the Seller for the difference if you get a full satisfaction otherwise they have the right to collect on the Seller for up to 25 years.

6.  The stress is gone and they have relocated into a bigger and better home most of the time.

I would recommend on this Valentine’s Day that a Seller give their family and themselves the gift of decision.  Please read my Special Report on Foreclosure which talks about all your options.  www.FreeFactsAboutForeclosure.com

 

Again your home is where your HEART IS and your family will go wherever you go.

May this Valentine’s Day you find peace.

Kimberlee Frank – Broker

www.SellFastRealty.com

 

 

 

 

 

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Short Sales are Sailing

Monday, January 14th, 2013 at 7:10 pm  
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short sale sign held by ladyMany Investors and Realtors avoid short sales like the plague.  They are definitely missing the boat!  My business specializes primarily in short sales and I have seen an increase in the number of approvals we are getting.

The time line for a short sale varies from 90 to 120 days if you submit the lender a “complete” short sale package.  Since short sales are dominating the market, the Lenders are creating more streamlined processes to conduct smoother short sales.  If you do short sales, then I am quite sure you have heard of the online system called “Equator.”  Equator allows all of the short sale paperwork to be processed electronically through one common venue, versus traditional and random faxes and emails.  Having a file processed online avoids the common objection from the short sale lender of “We didn’t receive the documents.”  Effective January 1, 2013, the newest lender that has started to use Equator is Chase.  The following lenders and servicers are presently using Equator:  1) Bank of America, 2) Chase, 3) Wells Fargo, 4) GMAC, 5) Nationstar, 6) ASC, 7) Carrington Mortgage, and 8) Homeward Residential Services.

The Equator System assigns applicable tasks to each party (Agent, Negotiator, Closer, etc) including a deadline in which to complete each task.  I like the fact that the lenders can no longer say “Oh, we never got that paperwork.”  However, I don’t like the fact that they are tracking our information.  Nationstar has taken the collection of Buyer’s information to a whole new level.  They require all Buyers to fill out a loan application even though they most likely will not be using Nationstar as a lender.  This application has been mandatory and this has not been waived on any of my files.  If you are a Buyer on any property, you are required to provide your name, address, telephone number, DOB, SS#, assets, employment history and more.  This is regardless if you are purchasing for investment or personal use and if you are getting a mortgage or paying cash.

I believe that the lenders are collecting data against all Buyers and will soon share with each other how many deals each Buyer has purchased.  I had one student inform me that once he purchased over 10 properties from Bank of America, he was no longer allowed to purchase any more in his name, his wife’s name or company name.  Therefore in the future, when all lenders work as a team, they will share all of this information and limit the amount of deals that an Investor can purchase.  Wells Fargo started using a system called CoreLogic approximately 2 years ago which allows them to simultaneously check to see who was applying for a mortgage at the same time they were conducting a short sale.  This caused Investors a hardship even though they fully disclosed to Wells Fargo their intention to buy, resell and/or fix the property, if they used my paperwork.  Many short sales were not approved at that time and many Investors had no idea WHY?  Some of the lenders frown on the fact that Investors are purchasing the property and would rather sell the house to a homeowner.

You would think that the lenders, since they are funded by Investors, would understand how we Investors work.  We don’t buy properties at full value, as we are not going to live in the home.  This is a business and we can’t make the Seller’s problem our problem by paying full value.  It is the Investors, like us, that are helping the lenders get money and not go under.

Now is the time to purchase short sales and if you haven’t started you have 10 years to ride the wave, so do it now!  Align yourself with a good Mentor and take flight just like many Investors around the world.

Happy Sailing,

Kimberlee Frank

www.ForeclosuresGoneWild.com

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Announcing Sell Fast Realty’s #1 Million Dollar Sales Associate for 2012 EVELYN GOOD

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013 at 4:43 pm  
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Sell Fast Realty’s #1 Million Dollar Sales Associate for 2012

PROUD TO ANNOUNCE – Evelyn Good 

Congratulations Evelyn the Sellers and Buyers could not have found a better Sales Associate and Friend for life!

Let me share a little inside information about my good friend, Evelyn Good.  I have known Evelyn Good for since 2007 and here are the qualities that you will find about Evelyn:

  • Caring, Considerate, Kind, Warm-hearted, Honest, Hardworking, Christian
  • Aggressive, Consistent, Focused, Determined, Organized,

I have to laugh this year because the first of the year, Evelyn promised me that she would behave.  I have so many Evelyn stories of how she has helped Sellers and Buyers to sell and/or purchase their property that would drive an average away from being a real estate agent.  Every property comes with a crazy story.  In order to sell that many houses working Sellers, Buyers, Realtors and Banks, why won’t their be stories.

I can remember one property that was a short sale that we were working with Bank of America.  We had done all the paperwork, had a buyer and the Bank won’t postpone the foreclosure auction sale date.  Evelyn watched the property after it went to sale and later found out that the Bank rescinded the sale against the Sellers. The property was listed with another Realtor called an REO Agent, work was done on the property and they had a buyer.  When it went to closing, the Bank found out that they didn’t have clear title and they couldn’t sell the property.   The listing was removed and the property was just sitting.  Evelyn did research on the property and found out what happened and contacted the Sellers.  I can’t tell you how excited the Sellers were when they found out that they still have a chance to sell the property and get the difference waived.  The Sellers got the property back with updates that were made to the property which included paint and carpet.

We listed the property and within 5 days we had multiple offers.  The Sellers took the highest offer and a backup offer.  The short sale process went quickly since the Bank knew they would have to do the entire foreclosure process again if they didn’t agree to a short sale.  We got a short sale that gave the Sellers a full satisfaction of the debt waiving the difference of what was owed.  Boy you should have seen the excitement in the Sellers faces, in addition to Evelyn Good.  If I didn’t know better, I thought it was Evelyn who sold her own property and was not responsible for the $75,000.00 plus difference.  She was more excited than the Sellers.

So the moral of the story is, if you want to find an agent that is “Good” and has dealt with all kinds of crazy situations I personally endorse Evelyn Good as your Agent/Friend.  Good job Evelyn! May God continue to bless you in helping Sellers and Buyers sell/purchase homes.

Evelyn, I couldn’t ask for a better Sales Associate but most of all a good friend.

Love,

Kimberlee Frank

Broker of Sell Fast Realty

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