Orange Park FL – I know a guy that wiped out 300k in mortgage debt. I’ll call him Tom. The name and some of the details have been changed to protect his privacy.
Tom owed a lot of money on his house. He owed 600k on a first mortgage and then another 300k on a second mortgage.
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Tom’s income dropped dramatically. He almost lost his home. He finally got a new job and was able to pay the first mortgage payment.
Because they were close to foreclosing, he found a way to pay them. But, he didn’t have enough money to pay the second mortgage.
So Tom didn’t pay the second mortgage. He was doing everything he could to save his home. The second mortgage called Tom a lot.
“If you don’t pay us, then we will file for foreclosure”, they would say. Twelve months went by and no one filed for foreclosure.
Tom was quite surprised. “I had no idea when the sheriff was going to come out and kick us out”, Tom told me. We told him that most second mortgages never file for foreclosure.
Here is why they hardly ever do. In a foreclosure, the first mortgage gets paid off before the second mortgage gets a dime.
In Tom’s case, his home’s value had dropped below the 600k he owed to his first mortgage. This meant that if the second mortgage did foreclose, then they would only lose more money.
That is not a winning business proposition. We also told Tom that he could probably settle with his second mortgage for five to ten cents on the dollar.
That means he can eventually settle for $10,000 to $20,000. We first talked to him over a year ago. Today, Tom still hasn’t made a single payment on his second mortgage.
He has caught up all the payments on his first mortgage. In addition, he has been able to get back on his feet financially.
He expects that he will settle with the second mortgage in a year or two. The first priority is getting all his other finances completely in order.
This story illustrates that you are not doomed. Many people owe more than their home is worth. They are able to short sale and get rid of the debt.
Or, they can use creative strategies like this to reduce the level of debt. You can get your finances back in order with a little work and time.
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Because most short sales are beneficial to a lender. If you accept our offer to help you on a short sale, your lender may not agree to a short sale or to modify your loan. We do offer a loan modification kit.
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