Okay, been awhile since I posted, but better late than never. I recently completed a short sale on a Central Oregon home with G-Mac (for those of you who don’t know who I am referring to, you have to read beyond the dash). My client was looking to avoid foreclosure and the nasty potential deficiency [...]
G-Mac: Central Oregon Real Estate Challenges of Today’s Housing Market
How to beat a bank in 5 days: Final Chapter
How to Beat a Bank in 5 days: Conclusion This is the final part to a multi-episode, written depiction of a real life short sale. It’s been awhile since I last updated this story, partly because we were working the short sale and partly because the outcome was so brutal. After much waiting, I beat [...]
How to beat a bank in 5 days: Part III
How to beat a bank in 5 days: Part III This is the 3rd part to a multi-episode, written depiction of a real life short sale. Part I: http://www.movetobend.com/2011/03/how-to-beat-a-bank-in-5-days-part-i/ Part II: http://www.movetobend.com/2011/03/how-to-beat-a-bank-in-5-days-part-ii/ Note from the author (me): Short sales and the rules and regulations banks try (and butcher) are changing every day. Even though I [...]
How to beat a bank in 5 days: Part II
How to beat a bank in 5 days: Part II The following is the second part to the blog series “How to beat a bank in 5 days: http://www.movetobend.com/2011/03/how-to-beat-a-bank-in-5-days-part-i/ Day 3: Day 1 and 2 consisted of mad scrambling to get each and every document to the lender. After running around town and a tremendous [...]
Props to SunTrust Mortgage
Props to SunTrust Mortgage In all of the real estate short sale turmoil, I have to take a few minutes and rant (positively) about SunTrust mortgage. In all honesty, I have no question the listing broker’s diligence was a big part of the recent approval. However, SunTrust just approved a short sale in approximately 50 [...]
B of A provides self-incriminating short sale evidence
Good things come to those who wait! I have been dying to write about this. Seriously, other than obtaining our Facebook MovetoBend page, this is the single most exciting thing that happened today! (maybe this week) After digging for information, etc. on their short sale and help for homeowner programs, I found the single biggest [...]
Fells Wargo
This post was going to be about the US Treasury allocation of funds and then Wells Fargo asking for documents (documents they already received) and corrections to documents for a short sale. But instead, I’m going to focus on the short sales first, before I move on to the US Treasury (which, if the Treasury [...]

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