Does anyone partner with bankruptcy or divorce attorneys (or any other attorney that works w/ distressed individuals)?

Is a preforeclosure better than a foreclosure or bankruptcy? 

My neighbors are going through bankruptcy, I think its chapter 13.

She filed for bankruptcy (BK) a year ago, but then did not make payments and was out of it.

But before the tax bill came, they'd claimed bankruptcy, and moved within a year. 

If someone has older collection accounts, and has TOLD me about their problems (divorce, bankruptcy, job loss) but is back on their feet and shows good recent history, including stable employment, I MAY consider them, if everything else checks out properly.Lower your standards, and you get exactly what you ask for.

:superman: Does anyone know if defaulted student loans counts on your credit as bad as bankruptcy?

The bank makes like they are going to do something, but, if they show all their non-performing loans that are on the books, they would have to declare bankruptcy or their stock value would plummet.

Usually the agency has to pay for a searcher, but even if they do that portion in-house, just the judgment searches and bankruptcy searches, etc. come at a price to the agency, so they would likely be out of pocket charging only $50, but if someone will do it, that's great!

If the seller for any reason such as : gets sued, tax lien, personal judgement, files bankruptcy, defaults on the mortgage, etc etc ......