“Dear Steve, I own two properties one is a single family home which is our primary residence and the other is an income property. Both houses have a second loan. The second loan in the income property is for $175,000.00 founded through a private lender with a high interest rate. I owe about $65,000.00 on …
“Dear Steve, I owe on 1st mortgage more than the assessed value of the home. I had a 2nd mortgage like the HELOs you talk about-revolving credit loans. I defaulted on the 2nd but the company did not foreclose probably because of the value of property. I now received a settlement offer from a collection …
A Los Angeles attorney accused of misappropriating $1.1 million from 10 clients has agreed to be disbarred, the State Bar announced Wednesday. In one of the largest misappropriation cases ever handled by the Office of Chief Trial Counsel, Vafa Allan Khoshbin [bar# 165486], 52, had promised clients he could get their first mortgages modified and …
“Dear Andy, We (my wife and I) have been in our home for 7 years. We are current on our payments on both our first Loan of +/- $370k (5 year ARM tied to LIBOR) and our Second loan of +/- $75k with Citibank. We paid $499k for our home with only $15k down. Our …
Hi I have a first mortgage with BOA @ 110,000 a second with Specialized Loan Servicing @ 26,000 I owe more than the house is worth. Todays market value is 108,000. I am in the middle of a modification with BOA been going through it for almost 18 months… I stopped paying my second note …
“Dear Lewis, I live in Nevada, the highest unemployement in the nation. Both wife and myself have been laid off. I was laid off Feb this year and my wife Feb last year. We have a stack of collection accounts and we have not paid our mortgage in a year. We want to keep our …
The debt settlement strategy has generally been limited to negotiating unsecured debt accounts like credit card debt, store charge cards, personal loans, and medical bills. With secured debts, there is always collateral at stake, in the form of property like a home or vehicle. Given the right of secured creditors to foreclose or repossess property, …
“Dear Andy, Purchased home in 2005 in Michigan with a 1st and 2nd mortgage with same lender. Modified the home became delinquent again modified. now 1st is current and 2nd has been charged off. was offered a settlement but did not have cash on hand. what should we be worried about. can second foreclose 1st …
“Dear Lewis, I filed Ch. 7 bankruptcy last year. I did not file on my 1st home mortgage or my 2nd mortgage – home equity loan and chose to continue paying them. I never signed any reaffirmation statements after the bankruptcy. Recently my loan officer pulled my credit and saw that my reports show I …
“Dear Steve, We have a 1st & 2nd on our home. The 1st is for 124K with Citimortgage, the 2nd is a home equity line of credit with Bof A for 250k due in 2015. Our home is now worth approx 220k. My husband has was unemployed for the last 2 years. Recently back to …