Submitted by CIP from CA - 08/23/2010 - 6:37pm

I noticed in FR on the Preforeclosure list there are some properties that have some equity, can these potentially be short sale prospects or do all short sale prospects have to be upside down with negative equity? For example if a homeowner has 30-40% equity or any equity showing and a NOD has just recently been filed what is the strategy an investor would use to go after this property and talk with the homeowner?

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Submitted by Sean - 08/23/2010 - 10:36pm

A short sale by definition has to have negative equity, however, nothing says that you can't go after preforeclosures that have equity.

One note of caution. We estimate both loan positions and equity. Since very few preforeclosures actually have equity, searching for ones that do will often turn up properties for which our estimates are wrong. Usually not too hard to figure out whether the estimate is likely right or wrong by looking at the transaction history which we include for each property.

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