yeah... find another realtor... short sales are soooo different than a regular sale... if the owner is still in the house then my guess is she doesn't want to force them to move out... so putting an offer on that house and getting the ball rolling will force the owner out of the house earlier than letting it sit until it's forced to go into foreclosure... since she's the listing agent, she's invested in the owner of the house... it's wise to find another realtor... and yes, they don't get much money from the sale of a short sale so I would do some research and find a realtor that specializes in short sales and foreclosures to put the offer on that house... because it's going to be a lot of work to get things going... if the seller doesn't want to leave then it's going to be a long process of fighting with them to get things signed and stuff like that... it's part of the reason ours took 6 months to close... my realtor was a very dear friend of mine and she had to work crazy hard for us... constant phone calls, written letters, constant hounding... the owner dragged his feet as much as he could... but she's a fighter and seriously the bank closed our file 6 times... if it weren't for her nagging and hounding we would have never closed... you really need someone who will be invested in you... and has no interest in the seller... please... if you really want this house, find someone else!!!
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