What is an Active Short Sale Contingent?

If you're puzzled over listings that contain the words: active short sale contingent, you are in the majority.

How do I know this? I have about 30 short sale listings in the Sacramento area right now. Most of them are in active short contingent status, yet I receive dozens of phone calls every single day from buyer's agents and buyers asking me if that short sale home in contingent status is still available.

It's difficult to explain the status, so I tell callers that the home is no longer available. Then they still ask me if they can make an offer . . . read more about active short sale contingent.

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• Buying a Short Sale House
  
• Reasons to NOT Buy a Short Sale

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_{At the time of writing, Elizabeth Weintraub, DRE # 00697006, is a Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate in Sacramento, California.}