In my area (DC, Maryland), we have tax liens, so I guess that's why I mentioned them as opposed to tax deeds, whihc I beleive are the instrument in Delaware.

Remember, notes are sold every day in bundles of multiple millions of dollars, they are a standard financial instrument, just like government and corporate notes and bonds.The money comes when you buy a note at a DISCOUNT sufficient enough to earn you an ABOVE MARKET RETURN.

.) -- including a lien on the stock of a cooperative housing corporation (a “co-op”) -- no lender can enforce its due-on-sale clause due to any of the following prevalent circumstances:(1) The creation of a lien (or other encumbrance subordinate to the lender's security instrument) that does not relate to a transfer of rights of occupancy in the property;(2) The creation of a purchase money security interest for household appliances;(3) A transfer by devise, descent, or operation of law on the death of a joint tenant or tenant by the entirety;(4) The granting of a leasehold interest of three years or less* not containing an option to purchase(5) A transfer to a relative resulting from the death of a borrower;(6) A transfer where the spouse or children of the borrower would become owners of the property;(7) A transfer resulting from a decree of dissolution of marriage, legal separation agreement, or from an incidental property settlement agreement, by which the spouse of the borrower becomes an owner of the property(8) A transfer of the borrower’s property into an inter vivos trust in which the borrower is and remains a beneficiary and which [trust agreement] does not relate to a transfer of rights of occupancy in the property; or(9) Any other transfer or disposition described in regulations prescribed by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.

:welcome: Hi,The average 30-year FRM and 5/1 ARM both declined by two basis points to close at 6.33% and 6.12% respectively.Though it was expected that inflation could be restrained within acceptable limits in the coming months, levels are still high and are not proceeding along predictable lines.

Just like being in a band, don't try to play all instruments.

Pam,Your mother's problem is very normal and predictable.

Furthermore, even if they do include all the items, it is impossible to predict which expenses a given property will have in a given year.For example, how many evictions will your rental have this year?

While predicting value down the road is hard a safe guess 4 years value will be $45,000.Management is in house, taxes / insurance $165 a month.

Bank recently told him that it plans to mail him soon a Settlement in Lieu of Deed (essentially, an instrument of consensual repossession) to get him out, which would be executed sometime in early 2014.Despite making a good salary, he despairs of ever being able to get out from under the property and just wants out.

If you've found good 'instruments' for trading (like an option on a REIT or on the Schiller home index), please chime in.