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Legal Aspects – Commercial Real Estate

By John Highman

A major pitfall for Commercial Real Estate Agents and Brokers when they first begin to list the property is that they inadvertently find themselves delving into aspects of law without the necessary deep experience. More

Short Sale Basics

By Christopher Horlacher, Esq.

What is a Short Sale?
A Short Sale occurs when a Lender approves the sale of a property for less than the amount that is owed on a mortgage or mortgages. The name, Short Sale, comes from the fact that the Lender’s payoff is coming up “short”. In fact, the lender will also be paying the real estate commissions and other closings costs. The sellers in a short sale typically cannot receive any funds from the sale. More