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Bellevue WA – The Stop Foreclosure Institute recently received a question from Dave. Here is Dave's Question. "I bought several investment properties at the peak of the market. The homes have dropped in value by almost 40% and I am losing money on the rent every month. I am sick of writing a chec...

Bellevue WA – The Stop Foreclosure Institute recently received a question from Mau. Here is Mau's Question. "Is it legal for a short sale seller to buy the house he is selling on short to reduce his mortgage loan?” asked Mau. Click here to discover how other sellers successfully did a short sale ...

Bellevue WA – The Stop Foreclosure Institute recently received a question from Tamra. She is buying a home and her agent is trying to talk her out of short sales. Click here to discover how other sellers successfully did a short sale and avoided foreclosure. Here is Tamra’s question. “I am lookin...

Bellevue WA – The Stop Foreclosure Institute sometimes receives e-mails from people that short sales are impossible. Well, short sales are not impossible. They just take time. Here is an example. The Stop Foreclosure Institute was attempting a short sale on a property. The bank turned down an off...

a href="http://gainesvilleshortsaleblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/thief.jpg">Bellevue WA – Here is another common loan modification mistake that many homeowners make. They accept a very short term payment agreement that is not a loan modification. They could have gotten a real modification, ...

Bellevue WA – Most homeowners negotiating a loan modification are not amazing negotiators. After all, it’s not every American’s job to be a great negotiator. Click here to discover how other sellers successfully did a short sale and avoided foreclosure. America is built on hard work and treating ...

Bellevue WA – A lot of people in today’s lending market are stuck. They locked in their interest rate when rates were higher. Now, they are barred from refinancing because they are upside down on their house. Whenever they apply for a new loan, the first thing the lender says is, “The current pro...

Bellevue WA – Loan Modifications are tough. Lenders don’t want to reduce your payment or reduce the amount you owe. It’s insane. Don’t even get me started on the topic of the nation’s courts being tilted in the favor of the big banks! Most loan modifications end in failure because the banks are s...

a href="http://gainesvilleshortsaleblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/stop-phone-calls.jpg">Bellevue WA – Many of the short sale sellers we help are selling their home to avoid foreclosure. In addition, they are receiving lots of harassing calls from debt collectors. These debt collectors seem t...

Bellevue WA – The Stop Foreclosure Institute recently received a question from Werner. “I am behind on my payments and thinking of just letting my home go into foreclosure. What does that do to the neighborhood?” he asked. Here is our answer to his question. It does hurt the neighborhood. But, it...