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Warning: Housing Bubbles Tend to Burst. Here’s How Agents Can Prepare

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One year later, in September 2008 when Lehman Brothers—the nation’s fourth-largest investment bank—filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it signaled the start of the largest real estate crash of our lifetime. Short sales and foreclosures quickly became the norm. It was like someone turned off Niagara Falls.

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Distressed Property: What It Is And How To Invest

AAOA

Sometimes, life throws the owner curveballslike divorce, bankruptcy, or forced liquidationwhich can also lead a property down this path. Short Sales: Short sales happen when a property is sold for less than the outstanding mortgage balance, typically with the lenders permission.