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Laguna Niguel Office: 
Orange County, California
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Steve Spiro, Principal Broker
/Realtor

E-mail: Steve@Asset-Liquidators.net

Call (949)-212-3492

Certified Short Sale Specialist

32 years experience


Article on Orange County's Priciest Short Sale

As Seen in the
Orange County Register, LA times, San Diego Tribune, Sun Times, and Press Enterprise

Home Owner Bail Out

What is a Short Sale?

Short Sales are the solution for solving today’s real estate problems. The banks were bailed out now it is your turn.


 When we purchased our homes we had the idea that we could sell or refinance them as needed. Since home prices have fallen, refinancing or selling may be impossible. Lenders are denying requests for modifications and not reducing balances. If you find yourself in this predicament, a “Short Sale: is the solution, and can be obtained through Steve Spiro, a Certified Short Sales Specialist and Principal Broker of Asset Liquidators.


 In a “Short Sale” arranged by Asset Liquidators there is no cost to you. It will allow you to sell your home for less than you owe on it. The bank will waive the portion of your loan that does not get paid off at close of escrow. At Asset Liquidators, this procedure typically takes 9 to 12  months to complete. Steve will design a custom solution for your situation. This may include a sale and lease back so you can stay in your home and don’t have to move or cash back for relocation expenses. He can also arrange for you to qualify for and purchase or lease a new home before or after the Short Sale. The benefits for the home owner also include avoiding foreclosure and deficiency judgments. It may have little impact to your credit compared to a foreclosure or bankruptcy. It will postpone the foreclosure sale date allowing the homeowners more time to stay in their property without making payments.


 With a properly handled Short Sale, your loans, secured taxes, HOA dues and all cost of sale will be paid by the lender. There are no fees to you, the bank pays for everything. Consider a Short Sale as the free solution to dispose of your upside down real estate. A Short Sale must be handled by an expert. Don’t trust your Short Sale to just anyone.


 For a custom solution, call Steve Spiro a California Realtor- Broker with 32 years of real estate transactional experience and a Certified Short Sale Specialist. He can be reached at 949-212-3492. email: Steve@Asset-Liquidators.net

                                                        
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Certified Short Sale Specialist

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CAUTION HOMEOWNERS SHORT-SELLING:  BANKRUPTCY WILL NOT SAVE YOUR HOME

Home Owner Tip for September 2011

You are selling your home because you made the decision this was the best path for your situation. However, once you list your home, you become a “target” for all kinds of solicitors promising they can save your house from foreclosure, the ultimate thing you are trying to avoid. The most common solicitations come in from real attorneys with legitimate law firms, who are allowed to take upfront “retainer fees” for legal services, soliciting you to file bankruptcy as a means to save your home, and further promise they can “strip off” a second lien. What follows is the TRUTH about filing bankruptcy and your home.

First, there are two types of personal bankruptcy, Chapter 7 liquidation in which generally all your debts are discharged, and Chapter 13 reorganization in which your debts are NOT discharged but repaid in whole or part (depending on your income) over a 3 year period with very expensive attorneys fees. CAUTION: NEITHER CHAPTER FILING WILL SAVE YOUR HOME WITH ANY MAGIC FORMULA; THEY WILL ONLY DELAY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS AND DESTROY YOUR SHORT SALE PROCESS; whatever stage of default you may be in before you file bankruptcy, you will be in the exact same position after your bankruptcy discharge. With a Chapter 7 it is only a 4 month delay AND YOU CAN NOT PROCESS YOUR SHORT SALE TRANSACTION; with a Chapter 13, you must continue staying current with your mortgage or the lender can foreclose anyway! (no different than if you didn’t file Chapter 13!) They just need to ask the bankruptcy court for permission to “lift the stay” which is always granted when you are in default. The delay here could be only 2-3 months! Further both chapters have financial qualification requirements to even be able to file. There is NO mechanism in either bankruptcy to “save” your home. The only way to do this is to bring your loan current, and continue making the same payments. Unfortunately a common scam is where the scam artist, working in connection with  a legitimate bankruptcy attorney collects from you what would be your loan payment monthly during the bankruptcy period with promises of a loan modification.  Loan Modifications, even when applied for diligently and legitimately, are mostly illusory, and virtually impossible to obtain in the best circumstances. However, beware, that a bankruptcy filing does NOT “make the bank modify your loan” any easier or faster than previously. The process is the same.

What About Lien Stripping?   Bankruptcy attorneys like to solicit homeowners with 2nd loans with a “Lien Stripping” enticement. While Lien Stripping is a real process, it is only available under very specific situations: FIRST it is ONLY available with a Chapter 13 reorganization, ONLY available if the ENTIRE AMOUNT of the 2nd loan is completely 100% unsecured due to the lack of equity in the property, AND only takes place AFTER you satisfy your 3 year repayment plan! AND the amount of the loan behind the lien you are “stripping off” DOES NOT get striped; it is added to your unsecured debt to be repaid with your plan! Don’t be sucked into attractive solicitations for bankruptcy filing, believing you will save your home…there are serious credit ramifications to filing bankruptcy far worse than even a foreclosure, including a credit hit for 10 years! Your short sale will minimize your credit hit and get you back on tract within a very short period of time. 

by Janet Martin, Attorney at Law

Real Estate, Business, Franchise and Bankruptcy

www.janetmartinlaw.com

E:mail janet@janetmartinlaw.com


HOMEOWNER BAIL OUT
  
Published:

  
Short Sales are the solution for solving
today’s real estate problems.
The banks were bailed out now it is
your turn.
 

 

 

 When we purchased our homes we had
the idea that we could sell or
refinance our homes as needed.
Since home prices have fallen,
refinancing or selling may be impossible.
Lenders are denying requests modifications
and not reducing balances. If you find yourself
in this predicament, a “Short Sale” is the
solution and can be obtained through
Steve Spiro, a Certified Short Sale Specialist
and Principal Broker of Asset Liquidators.

 

In a “Short Sale” arranged by Asset Liquidators
there is no cost to you.
 It will allow you to sell
your home for less than you owe on it.
The bank will waive the portion of your loan
that does not get paid off at close of escrow.
At Asset Liquidators this procedure takes
2 to 6 months to complete.

 

Steve will custom design a solution for your
situation. This may include a sale
and lease back so you can stay in your
home and don’t have to move, and  get cash back for
relocation expenses.He can arrange
for you to purchase or lease a new home.

 

 

The benefits for the home owner  include
avoiding foreclosure and deficiency
judgments. It is far less damaging to
your credit than a foreclosure or bankruptcy
and will postpone the foreclosure sale dates
allowing home owners more time to
stay in their property without making payments.

 

With a properly handled Short Sale, 
your lenders, secured taxes, HOA dues and
all cost of sale will be paid by the lender.
There are no fees to you, the bank pays
for everything!

 

Consider a Short Sale as the FREE solution
to dispose of  your upside down real estate.

 

A Short Sale must be handled by an expert.
Don’t trust your Short Sale to just anyone. 

 

For a custom solution, call  Steve Spiro, a
California real estate broker with 30 years
of real estate and lending experience and
Certified Short Sale specialist.
 
He can be reached   at 949 212-3492

e-mail: Steve@Asset-Liquidators.net
Web:
www.FreeShortSaleService.Net

 

The question is how do you dispose of your
existing home and shed the associated debt
so you can buy the new home?
 

Published:


 

Here is how, Asset Liquidators can help you
arrange to purchase your new home
and sell your old one on a Short Sale. Asset
Liquidators can help to arrange
financing for your new home. You can buy
your new home in as little as one day
after you close escrow on the sale of your old
home sold on a Short  Sale. Your credit will only
be minimally effected assuming you stay current
on your payments. Asset Liquidators is on the
forefront of this ground breaking strategy.
  An alternative is to buy your new home and then
sell your old home. Once it has closed escrow,
the existing home can be sold via a Short Sale
as described in Part One available
at: www.freeshortsaleservice.net.

 As for how to get a home at a bargain price,
when you are competing against many
other buyers,  look for Part Three of this series
next Sunday or contact Steve Spiro
at Asset Liquidators at 949-212-3492.

Now that home prices have fallen refinancing or
selling  your existing home may seem
impossible due to lack of equity in the home.
If you find yourself in this predicament,
there is a solution. This solution is being offered
by Steve Spiro, Broker of Asset
Liquidators. It is called a Short Sale.
A “Short Sale” is a program offered by most
banks at no cost to you that with the professional help
of  Asset Liquidators, will allow you 
to sell
your home for less than you owe on
it. This
can be done at no cost to you and a
"
Short Sale” can release you from further liability
for unpaid loan balances and HOA dues.
The bank  waives the portion of your
loan that does not get paid off at close of escrow.
The Short Sale process can be comp-
leted in as little as 60 days but can take up to
6 months to complete. In  some cases,
the new owner can sell or rent the property back
to you at a reduced price. In this
situation you do not have to move.

 A Short Sale is a far better solution than just letting
the bank take your home. The benefits for the
homeowner are numerous and include avoiding
foreclosure, deficiency judgments and allow the
homeowner to stay in the home longer without
making payments. There are no fees or out of
pocket cost to the homeowner for this service.
It is important to know that if you have more than
one loan on your home and your loan (s) were
obtained after you purchased the home (such
as a refinance or HELOC), the second loan will
not go away with a foreclosure. Nor will any unpaid
HOA fees.

With a properly handled Short Sale, all of your
lenders, secured taxes, HOA dues and cost of
sale will be paid off at close of
escrow no cost to 
you.

 If you are facing a real estate problem, as so
many people are these days, consider a
Short Sale as the free solution to dispose of
upside down real estate.  The transaction
is highly specialized and must be handled by
a specialist for a good outcome.

 For more information or help structuring  your
transaction , contact Steve Spiro,
a California Real Estate Broker with 30 years
of real estate experience specializing in
Short Sale solutions. He can be reached at

949-212-3492
Or by Email at:
Steve@Asset-liquidators.net






Real Estate Troubles?                     
 Published:

 There are solutions to today’s  real estate problems.
 Many of us have run into problems with our real estate because of a variety of reasons, they range from job loss, reduced income, resetting interest rates and tighter lending standards. When we purchased our homes we may have had the idea that we could sell or refinance them if needed.  Now that home prices have fallen, refinancing or selling may seem impossible because of your lack of or negative equity in the home. If you find yourself in this predicament, there is a   solution. One such solution is being offered by Steve Spiro, Broker of Asset Liquidators,
and is called a “Short Sale.”
 A “Short Sale” is a program offered by most banks at no cost to you that with
the help of a real estate broker specializing in short sales will allow you to sell your home for
less than you owe on it. This can be done with at no cost to you and can release you from further liability for the unpaid loan balances and HOA dues once completed. The bank simply waives the portion of your loan that does not get paid off at close of escrow. This is not an easy task to accomplish on your own. It takes a very
experienced and knowledgeable real estate broker to accomplish this successfully.  This procedure can take 2 to 6 months or more to complete.  The beautiful thing about this procedure is that you don’t pay a dime for this service. In some cases the new owner will be an investor that can rent the house back to you so you don’t have to move.

A Short Sale is far a better solution than just letting the bank take the home back.  The benefits for the home owner are numerous and include avoiding foreclosure, deficiency judgments and allowing the homeowner to staying in the property longer without making payments. There are no fees or out of pocket cost to the homeowner for this service. It is the right thing to do to get out of the situation with dignity and control.  It is important to know that if you have more than one loan on your home and your loan(s) were obtained after you purchased the home (such as a refinance or HELOC), the second loan will not go away with a foreclosure. Nor will any unpaid HOA fees.  With a properly handled Short Sale, all of your lenders, secured taxes, HOA dues and cost of sale will be paid off at no cost to you at close of escrow. So if you are facing a real estate problem, as so many people  now are, considering a Short Sale as the free solution to dispose of  upside down real estate. The transaction is highly specialized and must be handled by a specialist for a good result. For more information contact the author of this article, Steve Spiro, a California Real Estate Broker with 30 years of real estate experience specializing in Short Sale solutions.
He can be reached at 949 212-3492 or by e-mail at:

Steve@Asset-Liquidators.net. 

http://freeshortsaleservice.net

 

Underwater Mortgages Could Sink Even Deeper
Published: Monday, 16 Nov 2009 : Diana Olick, CNBC Real Estate Reporter

Home prices may be stabilizing in some areas in the nation,
but the damage has already been done in the housing markets
that saw the biggest boom and in turn the biggest bust.
Home buying in these markets reached a frenzied pace during
the middle of this decade, and that means that a good portion
of buyers purchased homes at the top of the market. No surprise
that they have now sunk deepest underwater on their mortgages.

A new survey from Zillow.com shows that even in those markets
where the investor competition has returned and prices on the low
end are beginning to stabilize, Homeowners
STILL OWE FAR MORE ON THEIR MORTGAGES THAN
THEIR HOMES ARE CURRENTLY WORTH.


Las Vegas leads the way with 81.8 percent of borrowers underwater
on their loans in the third quarter of this year, down barely one percent
from the second quarter but still up 10 percent from the first quarter.

The bulk of Underwater borrowers are in California, Florida, Arizona,
and Nevada. While home prices nationwide were down 8.5% in September
from a year ago, prices in these states are still way down-- 34% in Las Vegas,
26% in Orlando, 23% in Phoenix and 11% in Los Angeles (National Association
of Realtors). Again, that's from a year ago, but many of these cities have seen
over 50%PRICE DECLINES from the peak of the market.
Some argue that "UNDERWATER" borrowers are no different than any other
borrowers, as long as they continue to make their monthly mortgage payments,
and as long as they continue to want to live in their homes, knowing they will
have to wait out the market for home equity to gradually return.
But the danger is for those that need to sell, or for those who can no longer afford
their monthly payments and don't qualify for a loan modification.
The government mortgage rescue programs do allow for modifications and
refinances on homes with up to 25% NEGATIVE EQUITY, but many homeowners,
specially in the hardest hit regions, DON'T THINK THEY WILL EVER SEE EQUITY AGAIN,
and therefore see no reason to continue making payments on their loans, whether they are
able to or not.
Many are simply sitting in their homes, rent-free, as banks struggle to catch
up and contact them. Others are vacating the homes, mailing in the keys, and choosing a
credit hit, rather than be strapped to a home that WILL ONLY EVER BE A LIABILITY.

Home prices are improving, but there is a lot of government stimulus behind that improvement.
The extension and expansion of the home buyer tax credit, as well as artificially low mortgage
rates backed by the Federal Reserve's purchase of GSE loans and securities, will all expire
by the middle of 2010, so it remains to be seen whether the very tenuous recover we are now
seeing in housing can endure on its own. As foreclosures and unemployment continue to rise,
the potential for a DOUBLE DIP IN HOME PRICES IS VERY REAL, and
BORROWERS UNDERWATER NOW WILL ONLY SINK DEEPER.


As seen in the Orange County Register 10-14-12

PRICIEST O.C. SHORT SALE 

            If you thought Short Sales were only a solution for upside down properties in the low to middle price range, think again. The Priciest O.C. Short Sale according to the CRMLS is a property in Newport Coast listed for 6 Million. This is a 7 bed/7 bath, 10,000 sq. ft. ocean & golf course view home on a nearly ¾ acre lot. The home boasts an 800+ bottle wine cellar, pool, home theater and views of  the Harbor & Catalina.  For  information contact the Listing Agent: Steve Spiro, Asset Liquidators.

 

7 offers were immediately received. The Listing Agent Steve Spiro anticipates this short sale to take 9 months based on the average closing time on the 40 short sales a year he closes. Another option offered is a discounted mortgage payoff.   

 

There’s no lack of buyers for the priciest O.C. properties. Regardless of the price range, a short sales is a viable alternatives to repayment of a toxic mortgage or a looming foreclosure. A home should be your best investment. Your real estate should build equity from principal pay down & appreciation.

 

As of last year CA Anti deficiency statutes prohibit lenders from seeking deficiency judgments on approved and closed short sales on 1-4 residential units even if not owner occupied or purchase money. The 2007 Mortgage Debt Relief Act is likely to be extended another year and there is another State and Federal tax law not expiring that may also protect you from taxation on any debt waived.

 

A strategic short sale short sale will cut your losses and give you a fresh start. If your timing was wrong last time, you now have a chance to get it right this time. The window of opportunity to buy in again at today’s low prices and rates is not going to last forever.

 

A Short Sale w/or w/out a new purchase must be handled by an expert. Call Steve Spiro an Orange County Real Estate Broker & Realtor w/32 years of real estate transactional experience & a Certified Short Sale Specialist. He can be reached at 949-212-3492. email: Steve@Asset-Liquidators.net

www.FreeShortSaleService.net 

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