Have you reached the point of no return? I meet and speak with people considering short sales almost everyday. Some are ready to begin the process and some are not. I tell each one of them — I don’t talk people into short sales — most people who want to list their home as a short sale know it before they call me. Usually, they’ve already met with an attorney and their tax professional (often one of those professionals recommends the short sale). They understand the tax, credit, and legal consequences, and want to proceed right away because they have reached the point of no return. 
What is the point of no return? For each person it is different. There may be a trigger — your hours are reduced at work, a health event due to the financial stress and strain, or the first month you really can’t make the mortgage payment has finally arrived. These are indeed tough economic times for all. Many of the people that call me have never even had a derogatory on their credit report — often they have used credit cards and depleted savings trying to stay afloat — and then the day arrives when they realize that they cannot do it anymore. They have reached the point of no return and must explore a short sale as a possible solution to their financial difficulty.Two Loans with Two Lenders: Short Sale Approval Received in 41 Days!
I have another short sale success story to report. I just closed a short sale that was fully approved by both short sale lenders, Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS) and Specialized Loan Servicing (SLS), within 41 days of submitting the short sale application. Working with two short sale lenders can be difficult, and I do think that this is the number one reason most short sales fail. Negotiating between two lenders can add a significant amount of time to the approval process. However, by staying in almost constant contact with both lenders I was able to negotiate this short sale in record time, with no seller contribution and the deficiency waived on both loans.
