SS on FHA loans

[cruzvarian]

I've been working on this SS and come to find out it's an FHA loan with HSBC and the homeowner vacated last weekend!!!  I was told that a lender on an FHA loan will not even look at a short sale once they find out it's vacant.  What does anyone know about this?  Is the homeowner screwed.   I thought we could get some rental furniture in there or something before the BPO, something.  Any ideas   

[reiauctions]

Correct.  If the owner vacates a house with a FHA loan, you cannot do a short sale.  Don't know that there is anything you can do about that, besides having them move back in.  And since a short sale is not a guarantee it may end up being for nothing.