What is a short seller?
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a person who sells short , holds a short position , meaning he sells something he does not own ( borrows from broker ) , hoping price goes down in future and he can buy back at a lower price and make profit after paying comsission to broker
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There are companies that walk in and close a sale in one day; but don't shoot yourself in the foot, you will probably realize more from the sale if you advertise it and go through a realtor.  A broker or realtor can handle the sale even if you are out of state; pick an experienced, reputable one.
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Naked Shorting is a form of manipulating a stock market. Illegal in the USA. It occurs when someone shorts a stock without borrowing it first, thereby selling something that does not yet exist.\n\n\nThe Problem\nOne problem with this practice is that some naked short sellers never cover their end of the deal and create imbalances within the stock market, diluting the price of stocks. Some claim that the problem has grown to the point that it has cost stock holders trillions of dollars over the last decade, however there are others that argue the problem - though important - isn't quite as wide spread as this or as expensive.
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If by short you mean 2 to 4 years try investing in life settlements or viatical settlements.  These investments can get very high returns from typically about 16% to 22% and sometimes higher,and with little to NO risk to your priciple if you find the right companies.  Be weary though, there are a bunch of crap companies out there that will just rip you off, but I have had personal experiance with a couple of top notch companies and have seen it happen.  I guarantee that a majority of the folks on here have never even heard of these investments, but there is an alternative to the stock market and mutual funds.  You just have to know where to look.\n\ngood luck
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I think what you are referring to is a “Short Sale” this is when the lender agrees to a certain amount of money to pay off the loan in it’s entirety or partially.\n\nA person goes in talk to the current owner of a property that is in foreclosure or about to go into foreclosure. \n\nThis person gathers information about the property, by inspecting it for any damage, records this information as well as the cost to repair any and all damage.  Take several pictures of the property to include damage inside and outside the property.\n\nHe then call the lender and request a “Short Sale” indicating all damage to the property cost to cure the damage, back payments that are accumulating on the property, tells them the owner is planning to move which more damage will be done to the property since no one will be living there.\n\nThe lender takes all this into consideration, makes a decision to find out the value of the property do they send a realtor that is familiar to the area out to inspect the property, take a few pictures of the property. The realtor once he has completed his evaluation of the property along with the pictures he has taken send this information to the lender. While the realtor is at the house the person that want to conduct the short sale is there also pointing out any damage they think is important to be included in the evaluation report to the lender.\n\nOnce the lender has received this information, he has to make a decision as to go with the short sale or continue to lose money in the foreclosure, knowing the owner is scheduled to move and a possibility of more damage.\n\nThe lender agrees to the short sale, he and the person putting together the short sale agree on a price of $250,000 as what the lender will take to pay off  the loan and any other fees owed to the lender. The real value fixed up is some where around $330,000.\n\nNow the person putting this sale together goes back to the current owner, tell him a short sale is possible and what does he desire for his equity in the property. They agree on a figure of $10,000 for him to move.\n\nThe person now advertise that a house is available for sale below market value. A buyer emerges to purchase the property. The person selling the house make a deal with the new buyer of $320,000 and a $10,000 toward the repair of the property.\n\nA closing agent is retained to do the closing as well as title company to take care of the title work in transferring the title from the old owner to the new owner.\n\nThe transaction is complete, the closing officer pays the lender $250,000, the past owner $10,000, credit the new owner with $10,000 at closing, and pays the person that put the “Short Sale” together the remaining money of approximately $50,000. Now there is closing cost that someone has to pay so that will have to be paid.\n\nEveryone is happy the old owner got $10,000 to start over as well as his name is no longer on the mortgage. The lender is happy they are paid off, the foreclosure is  over, they don’t have an REO. The person that purchased the house is happy even though they will have to do some repairing of the property they got $10,000 to assist in that as well as $10,000 worth of equity. The person that put the short sale together is happy because he got paid for making everyone involved in the transaction happy.\n\nI hope this is of some use to you, good luck.\n\n"FIGHT ON"
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A short sale is the sale of a property for less than what was owed. This is very common right now and with the increasing foreclosure rate it will be so for some time. The orginal note holder must contact the lender and request the short sale. The lender then approves the property to be sold at the reduced amount to liquidate the loan. They then 1099 the original note holder for the difference and they take it as ordinary income. This is still far better than the alternative which is a foreclosure.\n\nI write a blog on the subject of credit management, mortgages, real estate trends, etc. Check it out for more information that may be helpful.
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They broker a deal between you and another party,usually shares in a business. They get a fee for this, sometimes from the seller as well
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Correct..A shortsale is when an Real Estate Investor discounts the mortgage for less of what there asking for.Banks have to do this because they can not have non performing notes on there record.Also when a property is in foreclosure the Bank Already got paid the whole note or amount borrowed through the FDIC..This is why Real Estate is always good..Regardless what the market saids.\n\nGood Luck\n\nwww.foreclousreavoidance.ws
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a place or online system whereby a buyer and seller can complete a transaction in the stock of a corporation.\n\nNYSE\nAMEX\nNASDAQ\n\netc.
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A market is a place/medium where buyers and sellers can transact common stock of various entities.
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There are two fund families that promote short selling strategies.\n  They are Rydex Funds, and Pro-Funds\n  Obviously the government permits it AS LONG AS THE CUSTOMER HAS BEEN INFORMED OF IT.  IT IS LISTED IN THE FUND PROSPECTUS.\n  Additionally, typical hedge funds participate in these actions.
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Shorting a stock (or selling short) ideally works like this:\n\nWhen you think a stock is going to go down...\n1. You borrow shares of stock you don't own, typically from your broker.\n2. You sell those shares at today's price.\n3. You wait for the stock to go down.\n4. You buy the same number of shares back at a lower price.\n5. You return the borrowed shares.\n6. You pocket the difference between the buying and selling price.\nSteps 1 & 5 are actually done automatically when you issue a short sale order with a broker.\n\nThe advantage of shorting is that you can make money when stocks are going down.  (With a normal stock purchases, you only make money if the stock goes up.)\n\nThe disadvantage is that in theory, you could lose an unlimited amount of money.  For example, if the stock goes up to five times its original value, you've just lost four times your investment.  (With a regular stock purchase, the most you can lose is the amount you originally invested.)
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Usually if one broker doesn't let you short all others won't let you short.  You can sell a call but I assume that the stock has no call either since it has no put.  So really you would just waiting to see the stock dropping without taking advantage of that.
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if you buy there is nothing to do. If you sell there are tax considerations.  Short term capital gains require that you pay more.  Long term capital gains means you pay less. Hold onto the stocks... Bill Gates will surely pull a rabbit out of his hat for long term profits and productivity. If in doubt consult an American/Canadian tax attorney.
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a "liquid" market means that there are always plenty of buyers and sellers, so that shares can be converted to cash quickly at any time. This is a "good thing," because when market conditions are changing quickly, you may need to get out (or in) quickly to take advantage. With an "illiquid" market (some foreign markets may qualify) you may be forced to wait and accept a price that you don't want.
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A stockbroker is a licensed individual who buys and sells stocks for investors, and usually charges a commission to locate buyers for sellers (and vice versa).  A general contractor is the person who hires all of the subcontractors and suppliers for a project in real estate, usually.  Good luck.
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someone wants to buy partial ownership of a company, and someone wants to sell partial ownership.  The stock is transferred, and fees are extracted for the service.  Someone eventually wins and someone loses, but the financial institutions make money on the trade no matter what.