Is there Short Sale Relief in Sight?

SO if it's true, as reported by Carrie Bay, DS News, that Equator (nee REOTrans) has launched a new Short Sale Platform, to be used post-haste by an as-yet-to-be-named (though they then named it! - Bank of America) bank to process - quickly, cleanly, efficiently - their short sales -- THEN will that mark the begining of the end of the professional short sale negotiators who have been collecting fees up front from sellers to negotiate with the sellers' banks, oft times to no avail?

Let's hope that as the process is technologically streamlined, that the best-of-the-best negotiators remain. Here's hoping!

Best regards, Gretchen