bankruptcy: A feel good story..... My tenants are buying a home! - 03/26/13 11:22 PM
In the spring of 2007 a 35 year old man got sick.  When he woke up from the coma he was in complete organ failure and had some brain damage and hearing loss from the virus.  The man and his wife and children were in shock.  This was a 2 career family living in a nice home in Seattle.  They had done everything right.  They had good health insurance. They had good jobs.   They were taking care of themselves and their family.  When all was said in done the man was unable to work.   He had medical bills over the million … (6 comments)

bankruptcy: We avoided a deficiency judgement.... - 02/09/12 05:34 AM
 
The last  story for my state representative This one happened in 2011....
Judith and Sam,
Judith and Sam are friends of mine.  I was at their wedding.   Their story is a little different They only had one mortgage and it was for a mobile home on a rented lot.  They bought their home right after the marriage for $59 K… Things were going OK even thought they were paying over $900/ month for their mortgage (payment) and lot rental…Then Sam lost his job.  He was unemployed for over a year.  They did some things to try to keep body and … (4 comments)

bankruptcy: Losing your home to foreclosure - 02/07/12 03:48 PM
 
I was asked by my representative at the Idaho Statehouse to tell stories of hardship.  The stories are real and the names have been changed:
John
 
I listed the home in February 2008. It is probably what drove me to my run for Congress. It made me mad enough to run. It was a short sale with Wells Fargo. John is a school teacher.  He and his wife took out a second mortgage on his home. The home appraised for $30K more then the home was ever worth.  Five months later, his wife left him.  He didn’t know he … (7 comments)

 
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