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Chula Vista CA - The right agent can make the difference between success and failure on your short sale. You risk losing a lot when your agent doesn't understand short sales. The short sale can be denied and the home foreclosed. Then you have to wait five years to buy another house. Or, the lende...

Chula Vista CA - If you are facing financial hardship, then paying credit cards and other unsecured debts is your lowest priority. An unsecured debt is a debt where they can't take away your car or house. A secured debt has something as collateral, such as your car, house, or anything else of val...

Chula Vista Short Sale CA - Many of the people we help are concerned that their neighbors will find out about the short sale. No one wants their dirty laundry put out for the entire neighborhood to see. Discover how other sellers successfully did a short sale and request a free consultation by cl...

Chula Vista Short Sales CA- We get quite a few calls every week at our Keller Williams office in Chula Vista CA from home owners asking "What is a short sale and where do I begin?" My answer is "Find an experienced short sale Realtor today, when can I stop by?" Most home owners are willing to be ...

Eastlake Short Sale Help CA - It is very stressful to be upside down and facing foreclosure and approximatly 75% of current sales in the Eastlake CA area are short sales. You are worrying about everything. You find yourself thinking, "When is the bank going to kick me out? "How will I pay back th...

Chula Vista-Short Sales: Some homeowners who are "underwater," or owe more on their mortgage than the home's current value, are turning to "strategic defaults" in which they simply walk away from mortgage debt. But financial experts warn the cost of skipping out on mortgage debt can be high. The ...

Chula Vista CA - Keller Williams short sales recently received a question from Jennifer. She is having a hard time selling her home. "I have had my house for sale for a little while, but it hasn't sold. No buyers have come to look at it. At first I thought the price was fair. But, now that no one...

Chula Vista Short Sales CA - Keller Williams Realty in Chula Vista recently received a question from Tony here in Eastlake CA. "I am behind on my payments and thinking of just letting my home go into foreclosure. What does that do to the neighborhood?" he asked. Here is our answer to his question...

Chula Vista CA - My Keller Williams Office in Chula Vista recently received a question from Richard. "I accepted a job transfer and had to move. Unfortunately we were upside down on the house. I decided to rent it out rather than short sale it. The renters just moved out. I just checked the house...

Chula Vista CA - We get this question a lot from people. "I am upside down and need to move. I would like to buy another home. Can I do that after a short sale?" they ask us. Today they can. FHA (the Federal Housing Administration) has a new program that enables you to short sale your existing ho...