Question from homeowner: My lender just sold my loan. Is that a good thing?

Hi! This is Nathan Olotoa from 59days2sold.com. Today I want to talk about Question from homeowner: My lender just sold my loan. Is that a good thing?

- The Stop Foreclosure Institute recently received a question from James. “My loan was just sold. I was making payments to CitiFinancial and they sold it to Nationstar. Is that good or bad?” James asked.

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Here is the answer. It’s neither good nor bad. In fact, I don’t think your loan was sold. You see, most loans were packaged up and sold to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Wall Street.

James’s loan was more than likely packaged up and sold off. I asked him who his original lender was. He said it was a company called First Magnus. (First Magnus declared bankruptcy in 2007 and was afterwards closed.)

The Stop Foreclosure Institute has negotiated short sales on loans that were originally with First Magnus. The last one was sold to a large Wall Street Firm and securitized.

That means James’s loan could be owned by anyone. More than likely it is owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. If not, then it was probably sold to a Wall Street Firm.

The owner of the loan hired CitiFinancial to act as their front man. That means Citi collected the payments, handled escrows and accounting, and manages debt collections and foreclosures.

More than likely Nationstar did not buy the loan. Instead whoever owns the loan hired them to act as the front man instead of Citi.

Thinking about a short sale? I can help you short sale your property and never pay the bank another penny. Send me an e-mail at asknate@kw.com. I will contact you for a free consultation.

When we talk, I will explain how the process works in detail. If you prefer, then you can call me at 253-310-1177.

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Thanks for reading this, Nathan Olotoa.

Nathan is a Real Estate Broker at Keller Williams-Tacoma.

Phone: 253-310-1177. asknate@kw.com.

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Short Sales: How to know when the short sale negotiator is lying to you.

Hi! This is Nathan Olotoa from 59days2sold.com. Today I want to talk about Short Sales: How to know when the short sale negotiator is lying to you.

- Negotiating short sales is tough. In my opinion, some of the banks are not making good financial decisions. "We won't approve the file without the financials completely filled out," they say.

Or, they tell you the numbers won't work when the investor guidelines actually say to approve the short sale. If the agent doesn't know who owns the loan (or their short sale guidelines), then the bank negotiators can lie to them. They don't know any better. Let me give you an example.

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The Stop Foreclosure Institute recently closed a short sale that where the owner of the loan was the Federal National Mortgage Association, also called Fannie Mae.

The bank's appraiser said the home was worth 220k. Because of prior experience with Fannie Mae Short Sales, I knew what they would accept as a percentage of the value. The short sale offer being presented would net them $6,000 more than that number.

The negotiator countered. She said the buyers needed to pay even more for the house. We asked the buyers if they would raise their offer.

They told us that it was their highest offer. They had looked at a bunch of other homes for sale. If their offer wasn't accepted they already had another home in mind that they would purchase.

Most agents don't know the guidelines for short sales. They would have taken the short sale negotiator at face value. As a result, the short sale would have been rejected.

The buyer would have bought the other house and the seller would be at risk of losing the home to foreclosure.

Fortunately, we knew the short sale guidelines. Because we knew the numbers and the guidelines, we were able to push the negotiator for an approval. The file was approved and the sale closed a little while later.

Thinking about a short sale? I can help you short sale your property and never pay the bank another penny. Send me an e-mail at asknate@kw.com. I will contact you for a free consultation.

When we talk, I will explain how the process works in detail. If you prefer, then you can call me at 253-310-1177.

Discover how other sellers successfully completed a short sale and request a free consultation by clicking here.

Thinking about a loan modification? Our Loan Modification Kit has the instructions you will need to get a loan modification approved with your lender. Click here to request a copy.

Thanks for reading this, Nathan Olotoa.

Nathan is a Real Estate Broker at Keller Williams-Tacoma.

Phone: 253-310-1177. asknate@kw.com.

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What to do after the lender rejects the short sale offer

Hi! This is Nathan Olotoa from 59days2sold.com. Today I want to talk about what to do after the lender rejects the short sale offer.

- What do you do when the house won't sell for any more money, but the bank keeps on rejecting the offers? You can give up, but the seller may lose their home to foreclosure.

Ouch! Why not escalate the file and get it approved. Here's an example of how it worked for the Stop Foreclosure Institute.

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We had a house on the market for 4 months. We started the price at 200k and slowly brought it down to $169,900. We finally got an offer for $159,000. Since I knew the bank's appraiser's valuation, I knew the offer wouldn't work.

The bank's appraiser said the house was worth $195,000. Yes, after we had had the house on the market for 4 months. Because I knew the loan owner's guidelines, I knew that that current offer at $159,000 didn't have a shot at getting accepted.

In order to get this file thru, I had two things to do.

• 1. Convince the bank that their valuation was inaccurate and that they should order a new value.



• 2. Escalate the file.

To handle Part 1, I send my own opinion of value, also called a Comparable Market Analysis, along with comparable homes for sale. I explained that the valuation they were using was inaccurate and that they needed to order another one.

Here is what I did for Part 2. Then, I asked for their supervisor's contact info. Remember, most of our communications are e-mail. Two-thirds of the time they will e-mail me back the supervisor's info. The other one-third of the time they will just start doing a better job on the file.

If the new bank appraiser's valuation comes back within range, they will approve the file and we can close. On the subject house, the new appraiser's valuation came back within range. We received an approval on the short sale and it closed a little while later.

Thinking about a short sale? I can help you short sale your property and never pay the bank another penny. Send me an e-mail at asknate@kw.com. I will contact you for a free consultation.

When we talk, I will explain how the process works in detail. If you prefer, then you can call me at 253-310-1177.

Discover how other sellers successfully completed a short sale and request a free consultation by clicking here.

Thinking about a loan modification? Our Loan Modification Kit has the instructions you will need to get a loan modification approved with your lender. Click here to request a copy.

Thanks for reading this, Nathan Olotoa.

Nathan is a Real Estate Broker at Keller Williams-Tacoma.

Phone: 253-310-1177. asknate@kw.com.

Listed to Sold in 59 days or less

View My homes for sale at 59days2sold.com.

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Copyright 2010 SFI Marketing Institute, LLC. All Rights Reserved. This is not intended as legal, technical, or tax advice. Please speak with a licensed professional before making any decision. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed as of the date of writing. The views expressed here are Olotoa's personal views and do not reflect the views of Keller Williams-Tacoma. This information on Short Sales: What to do after the lender rejects the short sale offer is provided as a courtesy to our viewers to help them make informed decisions.