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Monthly Archive for August, 2010

Pelican Real Estate
Besides filling out Form 5405, First-Time Homebuyer Credit and Repayment of the Credit, all eligible home buyers must also include with their tax return one of the following documents:

* A copy of the settlement statement showing all parties’ names and signatures if required by local law, property address, sales price, and date of purchase. Normally, this is the properly executed Form HUD-1, Settlement Statement.
* For mobile home purchasers who are unable to get a settlement statement, a copy of the executed retail sales contract showing all parties’

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Master the Short Sale BPO

The BPO is the most critical step in the short sale process. It will determine whether or not the lender will allow a payoff that is low enough for a buyer to accept. Here we take up the short sale process at this critical point.

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Bank of America will collect all of the information it needs from the listing agent and the seller. It will assign a negotiator and complete the process as follows:

Contact an agent to complete a BPO.
Review the documentation and request missing pieces of information
Order internal payoff numbers
Issue a counter offer
Send the file to MI and / or the investor
Accept, counter or reject the short sale
Notify the agent of the outcome

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