Here’s a handy resource worth passing along. And it’s one you short sale investors out there will find particularly useful…
Short sale guy Shaun “The Swan” McCloskey just posted DIRECT contact info for some of the “higher ups” at Countrywide on his blog.
Just to be clear, if you find ever should yourself negotiating a short sale deal with Countrywide, this could be invaluable information for you to have handy.
And it’s really a great freebie Shaun’s giving away, no strings attached. Just please don’t abuse it and please leave Shaun a friendly comment saying, “thanks”.
And feel free to ask him about that “Swan” nickname while you’re at it. 🙂
Original Email from Shaun “The Swan” McCloskey…
Hi Everyone,
We just got a foreclosure sale postponed an addt’l 30 days so we could have enough time to work the short sale. Why was this such a huge feat you ask? Well, the sale date was set for TOMORROW.
After a little arm twisting, Countrywide was willing to postpone the foreclosure sale right at the last minute. Why were they willing to do this? Because frankly we knew THE RIGHT PEOPLE to get in touch with to make it happen.
I’ve put together some of the most important contacts you could ever know at Countrywide, so if you’re not getting answers, click here for a list of the people you should talk to.
I posted it for you here on my blog.
What are you grateful for today?
Shaun McCloskey
Like a set of keys to Fort Knox. I’m definitely grateful!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you very much for the important information, your site is awesome!
Great post!
Imagine what you could do if you had such a list for everytime you found yourself talking to a CSR. lol
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But in seriousness that is extremely useful info to have.
I felt for the first time since my short sale offer on 11/13/08 I got good news today 1/24/09 – my realtor told me that my file was now in the hands of the lender’s closing negotiator and that my offer was within acceptable parameters of what Countrywide’s BPO was. It went to the closing negotiator today and I was told after review it will be forward to the investor, i.e. fannie mae, or ….., and this review should take one week – my realtor told me his company’s experience was that once it got to this point, the offers are ALWAYS accepted by the investor and once they approve, I should be able to close within 30 days – does your experience tell you the same – anxiously waiting for an approval! Thanks. Thom
Thanks so much for responding – well, we are now in month 4 with the above short sale. My realtor called me and advised me that they learned that the B.P.O. came back at 10K less than my offer. I thought WOW! He suggested I lower my offer, suggested 3 different approaches and I went with one – new offer, 7K less than previous and ask for 5K in closing and 1 % of bank negotiator fee paid – about $2600 dollars – thought, great, if I get this, I’d save 10K from my original offer – my realtor’s group specializes in REO and Short Sales and supposedly have experts doing the work with lenders. I’m told they have a great relationship with Countrywide – I asked if this would start the whole process over – I was told no. I stated that I thought closing costs couldn’t be asked for – I was told no. I asked how much longer – told, maybe couple more weeks and his group still feels confident that Countrywide will accept my new terms – does this sound too good to be true – starting to get frustrated – going in with a lower price just seems a bit weird, but, I trust my realtor! His group has a great reputation and have been featured in national magazines! Thanks for your response in advance.
Countrywide no longer exists. It was bought 2 yrs ago by BOA. What flavor of Kool Aide are you drinking?
The flavor of “this post was made before BOA acquired Countrywide”. 😉