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		<title>The Facts Behind Who Makes Money Off Of A Short Sale Transaction!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As everyone is well aware of, our economy is not in the best place at the moment.  In order for it to be able to recover, it will require money to start flowing freely through it.  Part of how that can be accomplished is when more money is spent on various goods and services.  Every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling a “Pre-Foreclosure Investor Strategy” to Real Estate Agents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bob Lachance If you visit agent blogs or discussion threads you will no doubt run into controversy about whether or not real estate agents should work with investors to buy and resell short sale properties.  There is a crowd of agents that do not understand and will always refuse saying that the process violates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Steps To Control Your Lack of Self-Discipline In Today’s Real Estate Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was written for and published on www.ShortSaleMedia.com and on www.RealEstateBusinessMentors.com. Why doesn’t everyone have everything they want out of life? Why don’t they have everything they deserve out of life? You’re probably thinking, “If I knew the answer to those questions, idiot, I would have everything!” OK, fair enough. Let me ask you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never assume anything when you are working on a Real Estate Short Sale!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreclosing banks lose everything! By Bob Lachance If I were to ask you what you thought was one of the biggest causes of short sales failing, what would you guess?  No buyers?  A high BPO or appraisal?  While those challenges can certainly kill a short sale, they usually aren’t the leading causes.  Perhaps the biggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Housing Market—Is Stability on the Horizon?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Amy Ransdell There are a lot of hopeful reports floating across the media that point towards housing recovery.  The National Association of Realtors reported that the Pending Home Sales Index jumped in April by the most in more than seven years.  The pace of job loss significantly slowed in May, housing sales are up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Your Role as a Real Estate Agent or Investor when Explaining a Deficiency or Tax Liability to Your Client?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s real estate environment, it seems like everything that is either bought or sold is a short sale. With a successful short sale comes a host of other sometimes unknown things; two of them being either a potential deficiency judgment or tax liability to the seller.  When it comes to determining how these two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Government Finally “Attempting” to Assist in the Short Sale Debacle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been watching our government layout plan after plan to stabilize the housing market.  Finally—we are hearing parts of the puzzle that make sense to real estate agents and investors alike, whom are currently performing short sales by the truckload. The U.S. Treasury Department, in a recent press release, has encouraged homeowners and servicers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Discount and Get a Short Sale Approved When There is Only a 1st Mortgage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many misconceptions about how to negotiate 1st mortgages versus 2nd mortgages when dealing with a real estate short sale! First off, one of the most important details to be aware of in today’s market is that the 1st mortgage is typically the lien holder that is foreclosing on the seller, and seeking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Doing a Short Sale: Stop Wasting the Foreclosing Lenders Time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The real estate short sale industry is booming and lenders are so overwhelmed with new and existing over debted properties in default that they need our help!  What I mean by that is, if you are doing short sales, please DO THEM correctly!  I keep getting feedback from lenders that there are too many investors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Sale Tsunami &#8211; Catch the Wave</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With BILLIONS of dollars set aside to help homeowners who are facing hardship with homes that are “underwater”, the Government’s new plan is designed to prevent a tidal wave of foreclosures.  The question is “will it”?  Will it affect the number of homeowners who will need a short sale?  The plain and simple answer to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenders DO Want Your Short Sale Offers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Change on how Lenders process Short Sales is finally here! Lenders now WANT your Short Sale Offers! Contrary to popular belief, lenders are now more and more agreeable to working with short sale specialists and are asking us for any and all offers!  Although it seems like we’re constantly fighting against them, in recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Buyer’s Agents Ruin Short Sale Deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One word…ego. And the factor that amplifies this ego is the unfortunate fact that we are in a buyer’s market.  Buyers and their agents know that for deals to be successful, their offers are needed.  They know they hold all the cards and that sellers and foreclosing lenders alike are desperate for those short sale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get a Buyer Prepared to Close a Real Estate Short Sale Transaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lachance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are the listing real estate agent or an investor, perhaps one of the most important aspects to a short sale is to make sure that the buyer on any given property can actually close, and that they aren’t just wasting everyone’s time.  With tighter lending guidelines these days, buyers are not only taking [...]]]></description>
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