here is the problem....loan modification vs foreclosure deadline...my neice is in the foreclosure process and the foreclosure deadline is 1/29/09...does she need to becareful with this deadline (today) if she is within the loan modification process. thank-you for your precious time in this matter....i was just told that they did infact, extend the foreclosure deadline to 2/11/09....HOWEVER, i would still like to know what that answer would have been. would she have been protected by the loan modification process.

He use to offer note buying as a way of selling homes with owner financing, but I don't think that is the case anymore with the tight financial market.

So to explain more fully what happened: I sent an offer on this foreclosed property without a deadline (probably a mistake, but my real estate agent advised me not to give a deadline since we are dealing with a bank and they have their own procedures, etc.).

Ashan...lonnie deals (Lonnie is a good friend of mine) are a great way to get started and how I got started investing...Yes, the default rate is higher...Collect very tight and get a decent downpayment typically at least 2 weeks of a paycheck...

A tightly sealed home improves comfort and indoor air quality while reducing utility bills-make sure the building envelope is propery sealed (use polyseal) around all cracks, holes, etc..Again, a tightly sealed home improves comfort and indoor air quality while reducing utility bills. while the above statements wont be a huge marketing tool, they will help save "$mucho dinero$" in energy costs.

And when they start to discover that previous web pages they crawled are a much bigger and broader topic of the current pages they are crawling, your website will start to be identified as a very tight niche.

The reason being property owners pay the tax bill after publication but before the final foreclosure deadline.

I think there's a certain tight-rope you walk when you live at the place you landlord.

The fact that many agents are not willing to do this does not mean it is wrong for the buyer to ask and does not mean that there are not agents out there more than willing to do this and be more "creative".If the deal is so tight that a buyer needs the 1/2 of the commission for closing costs, then of course it is not a good deal.

(I work better with an end goal and deadline!