Bellevue Short Sales: The Average Homeowner Can Live 492 Days Rent Free Bellevue WA – According to the Wall Street Journal [1], the average homeowner with a home in foreclosure hasn't made a payment in 492 days. What's even crazier is that those homes are still in the foreclosure process. That means that a homeowner can live rent free for even longer than 492 days. How long could they potentially live rent free? Discover how other sellers successfully did a short sale to avoid foreclosure by clicking here. In some states like Florida and New York, we estimate (1 comments)