http://www.trulia.com/voices/Home_Buying/Does_anyone_know_what_a_buyer_can_do_to_help_expe-54962en-ushttp://www.trulia.com/voices/profile/Real_Estate_Pro-Butler_County_OH-126984/http://www.trulia.com/voices/profile/Real_Estate_Pro-Butler_County_OH-126984/Chris look at your contract and see when you had to get a response. You may already be out of contract as the the response time from lender to remove the seller contingency often puts them out of contract. There is not one thing a buyer can do to shorten the time that a lender take to respond on a short sale. That is in the hands of the seller and the listing agent.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:59:20 -0700http://www.trulia.com/voices/profile/Real_Estate_Pro-44094-309842/http://www.trulia.com/voices/profile/Real_Estate_Pro-44094-309842/If you have a Realtor working for you make sure they are experienced in working with short sales. Every bank has a different response time base on their own "red tape". Since I don't know how far along in the process you are, I can't tell you if you can cancel your offer.Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:07:24 -0700