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A Condo Apartment in Miami Might be a Real Bargain Now

Okay, the news is in about U.S. real estate values and most of it is pretty bad. If you want to know how to purchase a short sale home, I would start with checking the real estate news on television, the Internet, and the newspapers every day. The latest nationwide survey shows that prices in the 20 largest U.S. cities are mostly down, with a few bright spots scattered here and there, but in general, most of the big cities are ripe for a short sale flip, especially Las Vegas, Miami, and Phoenix. Las Vegas and Miami in particular have shown the steepest drops in property values with home prices dropping more than 28.3 percent in both cities. Think about that for a minute. If you have a home in either of those cities, it's worth almost a third less than it was a year ago. But what's a disaster for some, represents a clear opportunity for investors who want to swoop in and do a short sale flip, and for firms that are handling short sale processing in those areas hardest hit by the drop in property values.