The Short Sale Genius

03/12/2014

Are you Chasing or Attracting Clients?
Learn what agents are doing now to attract pre-sold, ready to do what the agent asks, clients.
http://j.mp/1i4o0dT

06/03/2013

Is the Short Sale market dying, or are homeowners apathetic because the banks are not pushing on them so hard?
Quick video to address what is going to be happening this summer and fall...where is the housing market headed and what do you need to do to be prepared?
Promised link: https://secure.marketgeni.us/ssg/

04/23/2013

Psst! Want in on our secret facebook group where Short Sale Geniuses are sharing bank contacts, referring listings and staying connected on what's working? Call us at (760) 494-5867 and ask for Matt. (Restricted to current or reactivated SSG Members)

04/23/2013

Life After Short Sales Webinar Series
Webinar #1 Register here: http://goo.gl/O52GR
Yes, short sales are not gone, but before they are we want you to be on solid ground for what's next!

03/20/2013

Thanks Trent for reminding me that Mindset can positively affect your life and help you reach your goals. THINK BIG!!

10/05/2012

Learn about the Short Sale Genius Mastermind at https://secure.marketgeni.us/ssg/cruise.php

https://secure.marketgeni.us/ssg/cruise.php Trent explains what to expect at the 2013 Short Sale Genius Mastermind Cruise.

10/04/2012

Amen!

10/02/2012

Attention Top Short Sale Agents in the US. SSG mastermind style cruise will happen in January…
Go to http://theshortsalegenius.com/cruzin/ to get on the official early notification list. As soon as we know the exact price and how to register we'll email folks on the list, then if there is any room left, post it in the SSG Secret Group and finally here!

P.S. Focus on his left eye and you won't get sea sick. This video is an early exercise in preparation for the cruise!

http://theshortsalegenius.com/cruzin/ If you want to learn about short sales for 2013, how Trent is running his business and the marketing that is working to...

09/27/2012

Trent was down at the marina last night and he decided where our next Member's event will be held! Watch for the video shortly!

07/12/2012

New California Homeowner Bill of Rights Explained

Yesterday, California Governor, Jerry Brown, signed the California Homeowner Bill of Rights into law. While this a California specific law, it has implications for agents and homeowners across the nation, as often California law can influence other states’ laws.

This law doesn’t go into effect until January 2013, but you can bet it will begin to have impact before then.

Is this a good thing?

Watch the video to get my take on what the significance of this law is on you as an agent or your client as a homeowner.

06/15/2012

Fannie & Freddie Force Servicers to approve in 30 Days?

1) As you probably heard a couple of months ago, because of pressure from the FHFA that oversees Fannie and Freddie, both entities announced that they want servicers to reply to short sale offers within 30 days (well… 30-60 days) starting today, June 15, 2012. This response can be an approval or denial or counter offer.

My response to this is, “doesn’t HAFA already require this and we haven’t seen that happening consistently with HAFA short sales?” …and I also asked myself, “self, what will change if there are no “teeth” (consequences) for non compliance?”.

Maybe it’s just me, but I will remain skeptical as I’ve heard about a lot of “programs” and “changes” over the years that have mostly had little, if any impact on the outcome. I still believe that ultimately if we want short sales to close faster, it will happen from what we do, not what we HOPE that the banks/servicers/investors/government will do.

2) I am helping a reporter with a short sale story… but he needs more stories.

That’s where you come in. What’s with these crazy second lien servicers hoping for 30%, 40% and 50% of the second lien balance?

Of course we’ve seen it for years, but some are starting to stand out as “consistently crazy”. We are hearing more and more agents complain about default servicers such as Real Time Resolution and Green Tree and even continued frustrations with second lien servicers such as USAA, Navy Federal, US Bank and PNC to name a few.

PLEASE SHARE YOUR STORIES BELOW… or send us an email with your horror stories of how a second lien servicer’s demands, “killed” a short sale and caused the home to foreclose.

If your story is what the reporter is looking for, we’ll have him contact you to get the full story.

THANKS FOR SHARING! By making their tactics more public, these entities are scrutinized and forced to change their unfair practices which cause more problems for homeowners and for their investors who they should be working to mitigate their loss.

06/15/2012

Trent just published a new blog post on the SSG Blog. Among other topics he's looking for stories about 2nd liens that have killed deals recently for a story a reporter is working on. http://theshortsalegenius.com/30-60-day-fanniefreddie-approvals-second-liens-still-killing-deals-2/2012/06/15/

1) As you probably heard a couple of months ago, because of pressure from the FHFA that oversees Fannie and Freddie, both entities announced that they want servicers to reply to short sale offers within 30 days (well… 30-60 days) starting today, June 15, 2012. This response can be an approval or den...