short sale income: TAX RELIEF FOR SHORT SALES EXPIRES IN 356 DAYS - 01/11/12 11:33 PM
The clock is ticking until the expiration of the 2007 Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act expires on the last day of December this year.  Previously set to expire earlier, Congress extended the expiration date to end in effective January 1, 2013.  Will it be extended again?  Is it necessary?
 
The extension should be extended again – but that is up to Congress.  The effect of the Act is to allow the income that is created when a mortgage is reduced in principal to be exempted from ordinary income.  That saves significant amounts of money for the borrower.
 
As an example, … (6 comments)

short sale income: Back to Basics - a Review of Short Sales - 05/04/08 12:42 PM
Short Sale Primer - Back Room Lender Decisions
A Primer -
Short sales are nothing new.  When I represented a national lender for all of their foreclosures in the State of Florida several years ago, we negotiated "loan workouts" which are now called "short sales".  Since they have been around so long, I did some digging with my old pals that were the executives I worked with in the loan workout and REO department of this national lender (the lender has since been merged into Bank of America).
I found one in Atlanta, and another in Washington.  Our discussion about short … (66 comments)

short sale income: SHORT SALE PRIMER - REVIEW OF THE BASICS - 05/03/08 02:09 PM
Short Sale Primer - Back Room Lender Decisions
A Primer -
Short sales are nothing new.  When I represented a national lender for all of their foreclosures in the State of Florida several years ago, we negotiated "loan workouts" which are now called "short sales".  Since they have been around so long, I did some digging with my old pals that were the executives I worked with in the loan workout and REO department of this national lender (the lender has since been merged into Bank of America).
I found one in Atlanta, and another in Washington.  Our discussion about short sales showed that … (1 comments)

short sale income: SELLERS ALWAYS HAVE INCOME FROM A SHORT SALE / DIL / AND MAYBE A FORECLOSURE - 04/16/08 10:20 AM
CANCELLATION OF DEBT INCOME - WHAT IF THERE IS NO 1099?
When DON'T you have to report forgiven debt as income?
One of the biggest issues that potential short sellers and those in foreclosure ask me is whether they have to get a 1099 for any forgiven debt from their lender.  Without a single exception so far, every debtor (borrower) has assumed that if they can avoid a report from their lender that they are being forgiven a portion of the mortgage debt, they will not have to report any income nor pay any income tax on that forgiven debt.
While … (49 comments)

 
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