Facing Foreclosure? What do You Need to Know to Fight Back? - 07/18/09 02:20 PM
While the understandabe first reaction to a notice of pending foreclosure may be panic and despair, don't linger there. Pull yourself together and see if there is any way to fight back.
These days, most lenders would rather work with you than foreclose on you. It's not quite altruism on their part -- rather, it's for their own benefit in most cases. Did you know that it can cost the lender more money to foreclose than to work it out? According to my research, lenders spend an average of $40,000 - $50,000 and sometimes much more in total expenses, fees and losses … (0 comments)

Facing Foreclosure? Put First Things First - 07/08/09 05:06 PM
We know the threat of foreclosure can be emotionally debilitating. Yet now is not the time to cave in. Rather, now is the time for you to reach down into yourself and pull up that reserve of energy and resolve in order to fight back. If you've fallen behind on your mortgage, you don't have to just let the lender take your house. There is one strategy that is paramount in this situation. What is it? 
Talk to your lender.
This is the first and most important thing you should do.
 With so much pressure from the new Administration to staunch … (0 comments)

Tasting the Fruits of My Labor - 07/06/09 07:01 PM
Literally!
I've just eaten a scrumptious salad made primarily from the things in my own garden.
For many Americans, one of the main joys of home ownership is having a yard and enjoying a flower and/or vegetable garden. I personally get a proprietary thrill out of tending to my flowers and harvesting and lovingly preparing the fruit and vegetables I've grown in my own little patch of dirt.  
I'm not alone. Home gardening is on the rise again in the United States. I recently read that the National Gardening Association estimated 33 million households had an at-home garden last year. … (2 comments)

 
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Author Bio: Elva Branson-Lee, CDPE, CIAS, IMSD, is the Executive Team Leader of the Best Atlanta Short Sales Team, Atlanta's premier short sales specialists. She is also the author of "Avoid Georgia Foreclosure."



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