Joe Maggiore, Realtor

Client X: “I met with Joe a couple days ago to start filling out paper work to do the short sale on my house.  Since I have already started to get rid of furniture we decided to go to a restaurant across the street so we had a decent table to work at.  The fact that I had a coupon for free chips and guacamole helped a lot in this decision.  The paperwork seems fairly straight forward with the main exception being the portion for the lawyers.  I understand the main gist of it but I don’t want to focus on it too much I guess.  According to the lawyer paperwork there is a fee that goes along with their paperwork which I believe I will have to produce before I can meet with them and have them go to bat with the mortgage company for me.  I honestly have no idea how I’m going to make this happen since I currently don’t have a job but I’m hoping I will figure something out.

If everything goes according to schedule I will be listing the house one week from today and will be moved out of the house at the same time.  It’s really hard to live in a house for one week because there are certain things that should need to be packed but I can’t pack until I leave.  That being said, it’s almost like camping in a house right now.  Despite the fact that I will be losing a lot of money by going this route I still feel that it will be better for me in the long run as compared to doing a deed in lieu of foreclosure or just a foreclosure.  I’m trying really hard to not think about the amount of money I will lose and focusing on the next residence and the next opportunity that presents itself. 

I am very curious to see how much interest there is in my house.  I have always loved it but I suppose this really opens it up to public opinion.  I also have some work to do on the house over the next week or so to get the house presentable.  I don’t believe there is much to do as far as fixing things so much and just a solid cleaning of the house.  Most of the things the Joe suggested weren’t a surprise to me and were things I had planned on taking care of anyway.  Ideally I want people to fall in love with this place just like I did when I came to look at it.  That can’t really happen though if I’m not taking care of it.”