We would need the address or at the very least, a zip code to help you properly. You didn’t state if you yourself verified the amount actually owing on any secondary liens or if you know the status of default or pending trustees sale on the first TD or any secondary liens.

Unfortunately, in your case, without that info, it is impossible to advise you properly.

And no, I personally am not looking for a “short sale” to get involved in.

If you would rather pm me with this info, that is okay, as well, but I may not be able to get back to you until the weekend.

I don’t know how the “CA short sale laws” were changed in 2013, IF they actually were. Perhaps another Pigg can answer that question.

I can see how you, as a buyer, would be attracted to a second, detached 2-car garage and why this is an “exceptional” property because of that (rare) feature.