Field Guide to
Short Sales
By Anne-Marie Siudzinski, Information Specialist
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Short Sales Basics
After the short sale: taxing what isn't there, (REALTOR® Magazine Online Exclusives, November 2007) 
How to work in foreclosures and short sales, (Florida REALTOR®, November 2007).
Housing Counsel: What's a Short Sale, (Realty Times, September 16, 2007).
Rescue sellers with short sales, (Florida REALTOR®, September, 2007).
Short sales set sail again, (Realty Times, Apr. 9, 2007).
Short sales might cure U.S. housing slump, (REALTOR® Magazine Daily News, Mar. 21, 2007).
The new exit strategy: A short sale, (Business Week, Mar. 5, 2007).
Short sale may be an option when mortgage debt looms too large, (Real Estate Journal, Feb. 19, 2007).
Family Finances: 'Short Sales' rise as housing market cools, (Wall Street Journal, Feb. 18, 2007). 
Mortgage lenders seek ways to avoid foreclosure, (REALTOR® Magazine Daily News, Jan. 24, 2007).
REALTORS®, investors should partner to solve problems, (Business First of Columbus, Mar. 3, 2006).
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Short Sale Advantages
Short sales appear on your credit report as "pre-foreclosure in redemption", not as "debt discharged due to foreclosure"
Less impact on your credit score
All mortgage debt is fully discharged
Source: Dual upside to foreclosure alternative, (The Early Show (CBS), June 21, 2007).
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Working with Short Sales
How to succeed at short sales, (REALTOR® Magazine Online Exclusives, June 2007).
Short sales; This alternative may help a home owner avoid foreclosure, but it requires patience from all parties., (Texas REALTOR®, Apr. 2007).
Short sales, (Rain City Guide, Mar. 5, 2007).
Short sales and foreclosures make way into market, (Realty Times, Feb. 14, 2007).
How to do a short sale, (homebuying.about.com, 2007).
Short sales: Warning! You gotta know when to fold 'em..., (In Contract Magazine, Nov. 2006).
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Books, eBooks & Other Resources
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Books, Videos, Research Reports & More
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The resources below are available for loan through Information Central. Up to three books, tapes, CDs and/or DVDs can be borrowed for 30 days from the Library for a nominal fee of $10. Call Information Central at 800.874.6500 for assistance.
Make money in short-sale foreclosures, (New York, NY: Wiley, 2006). HG 4521 C18mm
Amid slowdown, "short sales" pose opportunity, (Real Estate Broker's Insider, June 15, 2007, pp. 1-4).
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Other Field Guides & Power Tools
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These Field Guides and Power Tools resources in the Virtual Library may also be of interest:
Field Guide to Foreclosures
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Updated July 2007
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