Flint Memorial Library (North Reading)

The foreclosure survival guide, keep your house or walk away with money in your pocket, Attorney Amy Loftsgordon

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The foreclosure survival guide

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Attorney Amy Loftsgordon

keep your house or walk away with money in your pocket

Your foreclosure companion -- Foreclosure: the big picture -- What to expect -- Your options: an overview -- How you can stay in your house payment free -- Why foreclosure doesn't have to be so bad -- Doesn't get scammed by a foreclosure rescque company -- Beware of property preservation companies -- Foreclosure nuts and bolts -- How much time you'll have to respond -- In or out of court? -- Deficiency judgments: will you still owe money -- After the foreclosure? -- Taxes -- Can you keep your house? should you? -- The emotional part of foreclosure -- The economics of foreclosure: what you need to know -- When it makes sense to keep your house -- When it makes sense to give up your house -- Negotiating a workout -- Do you have enough time to work out an -- Alternative to foreclosure? -- Using a hud-approved housing counselor -- The making home affordable program -- Basic workout options -- Remedies and workouts under national settlements -- With mortgage servicers -- Workouts for government-backed mortgages -- Foreclosure avoidance mediation programs -- Hardest hit fund programs -- Special protections for service members on active duty -- How chapter 13 bankruptcy can delay or -- Stop foreclosure -- Using chapter 13 to keep your house -- Using chapter 13 to delay foreclosure -- Coming up with a repayment plan -- An overview of the chapter -- Bankruptcy process -- Will you need a lawyer? -- How chapter 7 bankruptcy can delay or -- Stop foreclosure -- How chapter 7 bankruptcy helps you -- Using chapter 7 bankruptcy to keep your house -- Using chapter 7 bankruptcy to delay a foreclosure sale -- The chapter 7 bankruptcy process: an overview -- Do you qualify for chapter 7 bankruptcy? -- Will you need a lawyer? -- Fighting foreclosure in court -- How long can you delay the sale of your house? -- When it may be worth fighting -- When you can sue for money -- How to fight a foreclosure -- If you decide to leave your house -- Let the foreclosure proceed -- Be community minded -- Be wary of leaving the home before the foreclosure sale -- Sell the house in a short sale -- Offer the lender a deed in lieu of foreclosure -- Avoiding deficiency judgments -- Income tax liability for deficiencies -- How long can you stay in your house for free? -- When you miss your first payment -- After you receive a formal notice of intent to foreclose -- The redemption period -- After the sale -- After you get a notice to leave -- Resources beyond the book -- Hud-approved housing counselors -- Real estate brokers -- Mortgage brokers -- Lawyers -- Foreclosure websites -- Books -- Looking up foreclosure statutes