Paul E. Stansen

Paul E. Stansen

4.9
Rating: 7.1

Licensed for 41 years

Real estate Lawyer at Montecito, CA
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Business, Estate Planning

1187 Coast Village Rd #701, Montecito, CA

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 32 years

State: California

Acquired: 1993

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No misconduct found

Licensed in Colorado for 41 years

State: Colorado

Acquired: 1984

Active

No misconduct found

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Paul E Stansen, APC

1187 Coast Village Rd #701, Montecito, CA, 93108

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Paul E. Stansen's Reviews

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4.9 /5.0

37 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | November 28, 2012 | Real Estate

Best short sale lawyer availabile

I worked with Paul through the short sale of my house and have to say that I am thoroughly impressed with the work he did on my behalf. I was always in the loop on where things stood and he went above and beyond to ensure we received the best deal possible. I would recommend him highly!

Posted by anonymous | October 01, 2012 | Real Estate

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

For anyone going through a short-sale, it is a horrible process without an attorney. Paul Stansen proved to be a great help in dealing with my lender and getting my short-sale approved. Once I provided him with all of the necessary financial information, he took charge of everything from submission t...o final approval. Paul was tenacious in his follow-up communications with my lender and always kept me updated. For his services, his fee structure is very fair and reasonable. Now, I have the ability to recover my credit and purchase a home in three years instead of ten. I HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMEND PAUL STANSEN!

Posted by J | June 03, 2012 | Real Estate

Experience real estate/short sale attorney

Paul demonstrated a high degree of knowledge and experience with the real estate short sale process. From our initial analysis, we were educated and informed through his straightforward communications. Our mortgage with a loan servicing center (not a bank) proved to be complex & required multiple neg...otiations for short sale approval. On our behalf, Paul successfully negotiated the resolution of our second mortgage with a difficult lender, paving the way for approval of the first mortgage short sale. Despite a total lack of transparency of the lenders throughout, Paul remained focused, purposeful & honest with us at every step and every new obstacle. His fees were more than reasonable particularly given that our short sale took 16 months. We appreciate his diligence & tenacity.

Posted by Sergio | May 01, 2012 | Real Estate

Great lawyer, gets things done, very responsive, no b.s.

I would hire Paul anytime, it was a trying time but with good results, he negotiated the best deal for us and is done, escrow closed and we are not resposible for that house anymore.

Posted by Edward | April 24, 2012 | Residential

Paul Stansen short sale support

Mr Paul Stansen did an incredible job securing a short sale for my California home. The sale was not an easy one with both first and second mortgage lenders to deal with. From the outset Paul was direct and open on my options, alternate paths, benefits, consequences and finally and most importantly... recommendations. It is one thing to be presented with a whole package of information and quite another to have a clear path of reason a logic to make sense of it all. For that I was most grateful to Paul. He provided all the direction, documentation and clearly spelled out approaches as we worked through the process. We had a number of road blocks that Paul found ways to quickly overcome – from a number of buyers walking at the last moment to bank’s difficult path to obtain approval of my short sale package. I learned an immense amount about our banking system and there are clearly right and wrong tactics that can help secure the objectives or sabotage efforts. It was evident in hindsight to me but obviously foresight to Paul on the appropriate approach and action to take. He handled the banks and negotiators quickly and diligently and did not let packages sit long with folks who had action to let them know we were all on a clock and needed to respond appropriately. Although the entire short process can take some time – things happen very rapidly in bursts – and Paul was adept at staying connected with me and all the executing parties throughout. This included a number of folks including my realtor, various buyer realtors and a number of bank participants. His work ethic is amazing and because of his extensive expertise in the field was able to secure approval and final negotiations extremely quickly once and credible and secure offer was received. He also helped guide me and my family on the types of offers received and was invaluable in downs electing to the most credible. Paul’s negotiations with the banks were most impressive. Once he began the process he was able to quickly secure approval and outstanding terms for my loan balances for both first and second mortgages. Paul actually had to go through this process a few times and a few buyers got last minute cold feet and walked from the deal. Paul remained focused and positive and reassured us that eventually we would get the right buyer and finish the short sale. Our family was grateful for that reassurance and we confidently proceeded with Paul’s eventually securing a good solid buyer. Paul negotiated final terms with both banks within days and we finished all paper and with a great sigh of relief, finalized all docs and completed the short. It was a complex process and I only needed to review and sign docs prepared by Paul and he worked all other aspects. Paul did an amazing job for us and we are so appreciative of his long hours (weekends and late nights – he does not sleep!) and grateful he was our representative. Hard to imagine anyone more capable of walking through and executing this process – we were lucky to have him and relived and excited to move on finally with this chapter closed.

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Patricia Rodriguez

Real estate lawyer | May 13

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Jeff Berke

Real estate lawyer | Feb 28

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"If you have issues relating to any aspect of real estate matters, Paul is the expert. I highly recommend him."

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Experience

Rating:  7.1 (Very Good)

Work Experience

1984 - 2014

Attorney / Broker-Realtor, Paul E Stansen, A Prof Law Corp

Associations

1993 - Present

State Bar of California

Attorney

1986 - Present

California Department of Real Estate

Broker / Realtor

1984 - Present

Colorado Bar Association

Attorney

1984 - Present

National Association of Realtors

Realtor Broker

Sample of Legal Cases

Santa Ynez CA Real Estate Sale

CLOSED ESCROW

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Education

1983

Pepperdine Univ SOL

JD - Juris Doctor

1980

Fort Lewis Coll

BS - Bachelor of Science

Speaking Engagements

2014

Real Estate Sales Meeting

Distressed Real Estate Sales

Publications

2019

Self Age 50+ Home Ownership: Options, Opportunities, Solutions

2019

Self Cash Flow Challenges that Lead to Foreclosure

Languages

English

Activity

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