The Rest of the Industry Is Now Waking Up to Short Sales. Are You Ready? Short Sales Are Back and in the News - Everybody Is Finally Catching On! For more than a year, we've been telling our Certified Short Sale Experts that short sales were coming back and that this was going to become one of the biggest opportunities in distressed real estate. Well, it seems the rest of the industry is finally waking up! Over the past couple

The Distressed Market Continues to Change. Make Sure You Are Changing with It! The distressed real estate market continues to change, and the warning signs are becoming harder to ignore. This month, we examine why published delinquency numbers may not reveal the entire story, which loan vintages offer the strongest short-sale opportunities, what we learned at the Five Star Conference and why HOA liens may be one of the best overlooked sources of new business. We also review the

In This Issue A Letter from the CSSE founder HOA Liens and Foreclosures Are Becoming a Much Bigger Issue We Have Expanded the CSSE Course to Cover More Strategies on HOA Liens CSSE Profile Searches Continue to Grow Law Firms Are Starting to Find CSSE Members Directory Leads Are Leads - Always Do Your Due Diligence Have You Opened the CSSE Marketing Materials Yet? Give Your Social Media Marketing Six Months Use Boosts to Get Beyond Your Existing Followers

In This Issue A Letter from the CSSE founder We Are Now Training the Lenders and Servicers Too Backup BPO Assignments Are Opening Doors Equator, Equity Shield and Xome Updates The Numbers Keep Confirming What We Have Been Saying The Scariest Number I Saw This Month Members Are Winning with Social Media Stop Chasing Foreclosure Lists A Financial Trend Few Agents Are Watching September Client Training Returns One Final Thought Quick Action Items This Month

EQUATOR UPDATE: MAKE SURE YOUR CSSE DESIGNATION IS SHOWING One of the biggest advantages of being a Certified Short Sale Expert is visibility with the companies that actually handle short sales. As many of you know, the majority of lender-managed short sales are processed through the Equator platform. In fact, three of the five largest mortgage servicers in the country currently utilize Equator for their short sale operations. Equator has been a tremendous supporter of the CSSE program because

Welcome!  Let’s Get Started This is our first Certified Short Sale Experts monthly newsletter, and honestly, the timing couldn’t be better. The market is shifting even faster than anyone expected. Not crashing overnight like 2008 but shifting in a way that’s going to create a lot of opportunities for the people who understand what’s coming. Each month, we’re going to keep you updated on: What’s really happening in the market  Where the opportunities are forming  What you should be