Out of State Short Sales

[Alex Locklear]

I have some properties out of state that are short sale candidates and I plan on putting them under contract.

Since I don't know anything about these markets, I plan on finding an agent to work with me (i.e. list the property that I will have under contract, determine market value, etc).

When you submit your short sale package, do you include a listing contract to show the lender that the property is being actively marketed? Will it matter that what I want to put it under contract for and what the listing contract says is different?

Thanks for any help involving this; I'm trying to figure out the easiest way possible to do out of state deals.