While I may not be one to actively seek out short sale deals, I just can't seem to get away from them.  I'm a Realtor in a fairly foreclosure immune market, the South Bay (see Manhattan Beach short sales on the rise), but you certainly wouldn't know it by my current slate of listings, offers, and escrows.

Unlike many of my counterparts in Manhattan Beach, I get much of my business and most of my leads from the internet and from my website.  Due to the way clients come to me I don't specialize in just the higher priced areas of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo, but tend to work throughout all of the cities in the area.  As the short sales seem to be creeping west....I just find I can't escape it.  Of my last 5 offers written all were for short sales.  Doesn't anyone sell their home for a good price these days....just because they want to...or are moving...or are buying another home?  I guess the realistic answer is NO and I have to embrace the new market and all the delays, bureaucratic red-tape, and bizarre policies the banks and lien holders can throw at me.

Keith Kyle - Realtor, e-Pro - South Bay Brokers - 2501 N Sepulveda Blvd Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 - 310-251-2344 - Keith.Kyle@SouthBayBrokers.com

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