Alberta Thomas

Foreclosure occurs when the homeowner falls behind in monthly mortgage payments and defaults on the loan. The lender repossesses or sells the home in order to satisfy the debt.

The best and most sensible way to avoid falling into default and having the lender foreclose on you …

Russ Whitney

Many economic forecasters are predicting an increase in foreclosures over the next couple of years. While it’s not likely to be a uniform rise in every market, there are some issues that could create significant opportunities for real estate investors in many markets.

Over the …

Ben Innes-Ker

Looking for an “in” to real estate investing?

Working a nine to five job swapping time for money can be incredibly dispiriting. After the futility of it all hits home, it’s all you can do to limit the number of home business opportunities you investigate to twenty per week.<…

John Nazareno

Foreclosure is not a word that any of us wants to even hear, let alone think about the process happening to us. But, financial hardships may befall the most responsible people and the foreclosure process may look more and more like it may happen in your life or the life of someone yo…

Dale Rogers

It starts out all so innocently, the loan application (1003) is filled out while gathering the income and debts verified through credit reports and mortgage payoffs. Then the Debt To Income Ratio (DTI) is calculated dividing the debts including the new housing expense by the income and…

Lou Castillo

So you wanna buy pre-foreclosures? or at the courthouse steps? So many people ask us about this. Here’s our ’30 second seminar’ on it. If you’re going to buy PRE-foreclosures–after the seller is behind on her payments, but before the lender’s auction date-then there are some pro…

Peter Dobler

As an active real estate investor you probably already know that the most important phase of your investment is when you buy the property. Most of us are getting the bargains in the foreclosure market. You will agree with me that the best time to buy is before the actual foreclosure. …

Andy Goldman

Although the foreclosure rate in California soared in the second quarter, it is still not clear exactly how bad this is. It certainly is not good, however in spite of the soaring foreclosure rate, foreclosures are still below normal.

In the time period April through June lenders…

Jonathan Cochran

Three years ago, before I had even started thinking about the opportunities in Real Estate, I realized that I needed to stop paying for a place to live for nothing in return. So I decided to purchase my first home and start gaining equity on my money.

A friend of mine referr…

Lyle DeGraff

You probably don?t expect my foreclosure deal example to be the home I currently live in. While I can afford to live almost anywhere, I choose to live here. I have great neighbors and great schools for the kids. Actually if you read a bit, you will find many millionaires live in upper…