http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkVaRqMIX2c

We have been talking about making a decision to short sale your house. One thing I hear often is “but its my home.” I can assure you, you are not selling your “home” you are selling a house, a piece of real estate. I have talked to plenty of people over the last few years who have sold there house and almost all of them have said this and I cannot think of one who was not happier six months after the deal was done.

A house is blocks, plaster and windows, a home is where you and your family live and make memories. It is very easy to go just about anywhere and make it a home. You don’t sell your home because you can take any house and make it a home for your family. That is what you need to protect because a home should not be a financial strain.

I understand the emotional ties to the place you live, but we need to remember family is what is important and you can build that “home” just about anywhere.

In two years when you may be ready to buy the next house you will be so far over the house you are in now it really wont matter

I know it is easier said than done, but really dont get hung up on the this is the perfect house. For every perfect house there are a dozen more perfect houses out there for you.

So we hear all the time that people feel like they are a failure because they need to do a short sale, in truth, they are the winners.

I run through a short sale scenerio in this video where a standard middle income average home owner can be as much as $100,000 ahead in 14 years because they chose a short sale instead of remaining in their home.