Hard short-sale files deserve a second set of experienced eyes.
Short Sale Deal Maker supports listing agents and brokers and team leaders who carry a short-sale file, with targeted help for title and escrow professionals, transaction coordinators, and attorneys when appropriate. They bring the file; we bring strategy, file review, documentation guidance, valuation support, lender-process coaching, and escalation help.
Support, not outsourcing
What a partnership with Short Sale Deal Maker looks like.
You keep your client and your listing. We bring experience that supports the work of organizing, documenting, and positioning a file for negotiation with the lender.
File review
A structured read of the mortgage picture: senior and junior liens, servicer, investor type, hardship documentation, and valuation.
See the engagement modelDocumentation guidance
What belongs in the short-sale package, how to present hardship evidence, and how to close the gaps that stall lender review.
BPO and valuation strategy
Guidance on pricing, condition notes, and comp preparation so the broker price opinion reflects the property fairly.
Valuation guideLender-process guidance
What the investor expects, how the servicer reviews, and where files typically stall or derail, phase by phase.
Lender and servicer hubEscalation strategy
When the file stalls, who to approach, what to say, and how to move from generic queue responses to a named decision path.
How files get unstuckOffer and approval support
Offer presentation, investor questions, approval contingencies, and the path from lender yes to a clean closing.
Short-sale offer guideValuation analysis
A view of how the value supports the deal, used to prepare the file for the lender's valuation work.
Professional resources
Original guides on documentation, hardship packages, junior liens, and investor review, kept current with last verified dates.
Browse the Knowledge CenterWho we support
The professionals we support.
Our direct engagement centers on the listing agents and the brokers and team leaders behind short-sale files. We also support the professionals who carry those transactions: title and escrow, transaction coordinators, and attorneys when appropriate. Other audiences are directed to the resources built for them.
Listing agents and REALTORS
The assumed front line of the file. Get process maps, package checklists, and escalation playbooks for the short-sale work behind your listing.
Documentation guideBrokers and team leads
Keep your agents confident and supported. Education, sample file structures, and a second read on the messy listings.
Agent and broker FAQsTitle and escrow professionals
Lien priorities, payoff disputes, and title issues that restructure the deal. Coordination context for the closing team.
Lienand title problemsTransaction coordinators
The keepers of the paper. Checklists and deadline maps that keep an approval package organized and nothing slipping between desks.
Documentation packageAttorneys, when appropriate
Transaction counsel can draw on our valuation, lender-process, and lien-strategy education where it fits the file. Legal questions stay with the attorney's own review.
Everyone else
Homeowners, buyer agents, lenders, servicers, and investors have dedicated education tailored to them.
For homeowners For buyers and buyer agents Lender and servicer hub Investors: read the offer guideFirst-pass checklist
Eight red flags to catch on a new short-sale listing.
Before you agree to pick up the file, confirm these basics. Each one is explained in the Knowledge Center.
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Is there a junior lien, HELOC, or second mortgage? It can block a close.
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How far behind is the loan, and has a foreclosure notice been recorded or an auction been scheduled?
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Does the hardship package tell a coherent, documented story? Gaps stall the file.
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What will the property actually sell for in 45 days, not two quarters ago?
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Are there title clouds: judgments, HOA dues, mechanics liens, divorce or probate issues?
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Are you pricing for the lender's valuation or the market's? The two rarely agree at first.
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Is the seller prepared to provide updated documentation promptly throughout the process?
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