In my last post I mentioned the trend of homeowners finally giving up on their properties, and just resigning themselves to letting their homes get foreclosed on. This has been happening even when homeowners have a great deal to lose – tens of thousands of dollars for example. I also mentioned a couple in Alhambra […]

To capitulate means to give up, or to stop resisting. More and more I see people who are giving up on their homes, giving up on their options, and have stopped resisting the tide that leads to foreclosure. I hate to see this, especially when having your home foreclosed on, and sold at auction, is

If ever a homeowner is trying to obtain either a loan modification or a short sale from a bank, he, or she will be asked to prove that there is a hardship, which makes paying the existing loan at its existing terms impossible. One of the primary pieces of information the bank will need to

As I speak with people in foreclosure, I have come to realize that almost no one I talk to understands what “foreclosure” really means, and that it is a process with rules that must be adhered to. I am going to lay out the most important steps in that process in hopes that you will

Every single day I speak with people who are in foreclosure. These conversations always have several things in common: A stressed, and frustrated homeowner, a bank that has been utterly useless in terms of making the situation any better, and the one that burns me up more than anything else – someone who has attempted,

Last Sunday morning, I sat down with some homeowners to discuss their options relating to the foreclosure mess they were in. Through the course of the conversation, I learned that they had just received a letter stating that they didn’t qualify for a loan modification, after having been in a period of “Trial Modification.” Some

It was sensible. It was reasonable. It went something like this: If you didn’t pay your mortgage for 90 days, a Notice of Default was filed. You got 90 more days to pay, and if you didn’t then a Notice of Trustees Sale was published, and if you still couldn’t pay, your home was sold

Have you or anyone you know ever had to deal with foreclosure? If you live in CA 2010, and if you stop and think about it, the answer is probably, “Yes.” If this is the case, then I have some info you need to know. According to ForeclosureRadar.com, within the county of Los Angeles alone,

When faced with foreclosure, the first thing most homeowners will do is to call their lender in hopes of obtaining a loan modification. The vast majority of people would like to remain in their home if at all possible, and a loan modification is usually the only way that this can be achieved. For a