I finally felt, Real Bittersweet!!

Hi Thomas,  This was a difficult post for you to write.  Now that we are past the headlines associated with the financing crises we start to see the very real human side to the statistics.  Behinf\d every foreclosure there will be a very sad story.

Tom Congratulations on hitting the 30,000 mark!  As for the market.... it too shall recover, in time. Until then learn as much as you can, do the best that you can, and never give up!

Tom,

It seems like the stories hit a little closer to home every time, I know its hard to stay positive but thats what your friends are here for. Keep your chin up. :)

Tom,

I'm sorry, I forgot to congratulate you on your 30,000! You did that fast. :)

Tom

I feel the pain and made a point of reading this post aloud.  I felt it important for everyone in my office to hear the message.   We grow during times such as these.  Hopefully, we become better people and therefor better professionals.

Tom, hang in there.  You're good at what you do because you care. 

Congratulations on your achievment!  More importantly, though I commend your empathy and concern for the welfare of others.  In times like this, it is our character which gets the biggest workout in revealing how we respond to challenges and support others.

Tom, Congrats on the 30k mark.  Try and stay positive.  Remember we have some great programs are still available. 

Hang in there...stay positive and keep smiling!  We'll make it ;)

Tom,

What's up buddy.  Been a while since we talked but my wife said she saw you at the John Mayer show.  I agree times are tough but this is the time to shine.  If you can make it in this market you can make it in any. 

I feel your message here about these people loosing their homes.  What a horrible thing.  Over 7 million people will be loosing their homes?  That is just crazy! All that being said, I did not want to be the one to say it but when are people going to start taking PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for their actions?  If you got a 100% loan on a 500,000 dollar house without asking questions and finding everything out that the future held for that loan - you must first look in the mirror to place blame before going after the mortgage guy who gave you the loan.  Yeah that was a crappy loan but nobody made you take it. The big issue is that many in America LIVE ABOVE THEIR MEANS.  I thank God my parents raised me to LIVE BELOW MY MEANS.    What about all those car guys that give someone a lease on a 40K automobile that gets repossessed in a year? Do you need the new BMW or would a Nissan or Toyota do for you?  Gets you form point A to pint B! Again, personal responsibility.  Who is everyone trying to impress??????? I think I just found a topic for a blog!

But to confirm I truly feel sympathy for families who went in over their heads and now are feeling the pressure from it.  I hope something happens to turn things around for them. Hopefully a lesson learned.

Thomas...

We have been around long enough to have seen a market similar to this one.

We will recover from it and hopefully, as other's have stated, a lesson has been learned.

I know how difficult it is to see so many people in foreclosure. We see it everyday in our market. It leaves a person feeling helpless. There's nothing we can do and that's difficult.

All I can say is ... Let's see ... How about bubble wrap? I hear it therapeutic :)

TLW...ROAR! 

Tom: Very late here....I'll jump on the bubble wrap with you.  I too...just take on what I need to live my simple life...other than that I too have empathy for all out there who are struggling. Keep your chin up.

Tom, they say that 1 in 243 homes in Knox County is in foreclosure and it really is a tragedy, but as you say, hopefully something has been learned and it is happening, so those folks and it could just as well be me, just have to chalk it up, do the best they can and move on. I've been through a lot in my life, would take a very LONG post to put it all here and so I've been there (not in foreclosure, but extremely tough times) done that, got the T-shirt and made a solemn promise to avoid those situations by proper planning, realistic expectations, realistic goals and its hard to be disciplined, but when you miss out on one thing, you've got to know you can have the next thing.

I admire your concern -- I feel their pain too -- my husband was without a job for a year, it was difficult, but we managed and it ended up working out.  I have to remain optomistic that these folks that are affected through the mortgage industry will find their way and their "why's" will be answered in time. It could be a new opportunity for them and for a reason.........