Bank of America told my wife and I that we had to be 90 days late on our mortgage in order to short sale our home. Therefore we, got behind on our mortgage and when the short sale was finally approved and we had an offer on the house it had been a year because Bank of America held it up so they could keep charging late fees and penalties. Now on top of having a short sale on my credit I have a years worth of late payments on my credit. Now I have poor credit and cant get another home loan right now. 
