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Los Angeles Man DOES NOT Kill His Family members When His five Houses Face Foreclosure… Alternatively, He Beats the Banks at their Own Game

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Torrance, CA (PRWEB) February five, 2009

America’s gloom and doom attitude is not only depressing, it really is also dangerous and destructive, says distressed property consultant Mike Rockwood whose wife of 35 years is an administrator at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles. Rockwood believes that now a lot more than ever, folks need to clench their fists tight and beat the technique–not give up!

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“Just 12 months ago,” says Rockwood, “If a guy lost his job or could not make his mortgage payment, it wouldn’t have seemed like the finish of the world… but take a look at what’s going on proper now. This is madness, and worst of all, it’s completely unfounded.”

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Rockwood is best-known for his timely, 60-Minute Loan Modification, workbook that helps families beat their banks and save their properties. Mike himself was facing foreclosure on his family’s residence (he has four children) and all four rental properties he purchased throughout the genuine estate boom of 2004-2007 that has now gone bust.

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“I was hunting at losing every thing,” says Rockwood. “But not for 1 minute did I feel about giving up. Not for 1 second did I think that some Wall Street fat cat or some international hedge fund was going to dictate my family’s financial future…”

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To date, Rockwood has modified mortgages on all five of his properties locking in prices as low as four.25% and saving a total of $ 493,000 in expenditures over the life of his loans. Amazingly, he did all this on his personal with no lawyers or foreclosure counselors to help him. What looked like the worst issue to ever take place has turned into a blessing that could extremely well advantage his family for generations.

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The government-backed bailout that started with Wall Street, according to Rockwood, has now come to Primary Street. Five million Americans face foreclosure in 2009, so it really is no surprise that banks are rolling over and throwing bailout cash back to borrowers in an try to save their own hides.

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An estimated 7,500 loan modification applications are received every day, so the approach generally takes three-six weeks but Rockwood claims that with his technique, the physical application and adhere to-up correspondence can be completed in less than an hour. From there, homeowners cross their fingers, get in touch with their representative once per week, and await the sweet 4-five% interest rate bargains that are being granted to thousands in need to have every single day.

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With loan modification scams and unscrupulous lawyers descending like vultures on underwater home owners, Mike Rockwood has produced it his individual mission to empower men and women to take handle for themselves–to become proactive rather of reactive. It really is going to be a busy year.

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Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Will Modify Loans – six Million Households Face Foreclosures – Loan Modifications To Reduce Foreclosure By April

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Pleasant Grove, Utah (PRWEB) March four, 2009

There is some very good news concerning loan modification, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will modify loans below Obama’s program. Though Loan Modification is a viable way to reduced your payments, beware of loan modification scams. FBI is conscious of this increasing dilemma of loan modification fraud, they have not been capable to act rapidly adequate to stave off the fraud wave.

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Against a backdrop of record-low new residence sales and ballooning losses from foreclosures, Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan told lawmakers Thursday that the lending industry is set to launch the Obama administration’s $ 75 billion foreclosure prevention plan next week. Donovan stated “we anticipate to see huge numbers of loan modifications take place really rapidly,” and hopes it would lead to foreclosure prices to drop as soon as April.

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Donovan said the plan will permit “borrowers with massive debts and unaffordable mortgages to have their property loans modified to reduce the monthly payment”, even if they are not in default. Borrowers who owe up to five percent far more than their home’s existing worth will be able to refinance, if their mortgages are held by mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. At the very same time, loan modifications will be available for borrowers who owe up to 50 % much more than their home’s at present worth. Donovan stated “we expect to see massive numbers of modifications occur very rapidly,” and hopes it would cause foreclosure rates to drop as quickly as April.

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At the same time the “FBI is conscious of the developing difficulty of loan modification fraud”, they have not been capable to act swiftly enough to stave off the fraud wave. They report that they have over 1,500 mortgage fraud investigations more than the final month.

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Sean Walker CEO of HomeSaversUtah (http://HomeSaversUtah.com). and President of Good Neighbor Loans, LLC, (http://gnmloans.com), emphasized there are many factors which a homeowner ought to be conscious of when functioning with a loan modification firm.

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Reformed Tax Code, Phantom Tax, Mortgage Debt Relief Act Expires- Home owners Face Tax Hit

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Minneapolis, Minnesota (PRWEB) November 30, 2012

John A. Boehner, in a speech nowadays, provided a prospective path to compromise in year-end spending budget negotiation. The clock is ticking on a tax break that saves struggling home owners from paying thousands of dollars to the IRS. Whilst both sides agree that property owners need mortgage tax debt relief, no a single is quite confident how to come to agreement on it.

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If the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 does not get extended by Congress by December 31, struggling property owners will have to start off paying revenue taxes on the portion of their mortgage that is forgiven in a foreclosure, short sale or principal reduction. It will virtually surely undermine efforts to trim loan balances for homes underwater. For property owners who believed maybe they had stabilized and could maintain present on mortgage payments, Congress’s leaving this choice till the final minute is renewing the grip of uncertainty.

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“Boehner’s Washington remarks seemed to recommend a reformed tax code can raise much more revenue by curbing unique interest loopholes and deductions and by generating financial development. That would indicate a position of renewing the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Act,” says Home Location.

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“Each parties, each homes of Congress agree it is great policy and it requirements to get completed,” stated Jamie Gregory, chief lobbyist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which supports an extension. “The hold up is the process. I am confident it will get accomplished. I just never know how.” mentioned Alex Charfin from NAR. “The Phantom tax” or “Cancellation of Debt Tax” is extremely damaging,” he added

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Christine Romans of CNN Funds reported, “We are also approaching the debt ceiling. All the even though, the bond marketplace? Interest rates are super low right here, sort of providing ‘cover’ to the urgency of this as effectively”.

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To assist ease issues, Jenna Thuening explains, “Even if Congress lets the property owners tax exemption expire, some residence borrowers with forgiven mortgage debt will not feel the effects of the tax hit”. Here are a handful of scenarios of who will miss it:

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1) If the debt is discharged in a bankruptcy, no tax is due.

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2) Anyone who is insolvent — meaning they have much more debt than assets — at the time the debt was forgiven — would not have to pay the tax. The IRS says, “Assets contain almost everything you own, e.g., your auto, house, condominium, furniture, life insurance coverage policies, stocks, other investments, or your pension and other retirement accounts”.

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three) Other borrowers are protected against paying the tax due to the fact of the way the state they live in responds foreclosures. For instance, California home owners who fall in this category are protected.

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four) Specific farm debts: If you incurred the debt directly in operation of a farm, far more than half your income from the prior 3 years was from farming, and the loan was owed to a person or agency often engaged in lending, your cancelled debt is generally not considered taxable income.

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five) Non-recourse loans: A non-recourse loan is a loan for which the lenders only remedy in case of default is to repossess the home becoming financed or used as collateral. Forgiveness of a non-recourse loan resulting from a foreclosure does not outcome in cancellation of debt earnings.

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But Boehners final sentence right now makes one particular beg for much more of an interpretation: Simply because the American folks anticipate us to uncover frequent ground, we are prepared to accept some added revenues, via tax reform. His tone appears a lot more open. Even so his method to tax increases, in which you close tax breaks and deductions and use some of the cash to lower rates and some to decrease the deficit, sounds the same as his summer statements.

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“What Boehner is bringing forward isn’t not simple to do, but it is achievable” commented Jenna. “With the election behind us, it is a time for us to engage the hard and worthy work of guarding houses, and growing opportunity for property owners to make far better decisions”.

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In Boehner’s speech he said, “The American folks this week did not give us a mandate to do the ‘simple’ factor. They elected us to lead.” Possibly we will all do properly to stick to that lead, leave “simple options” behind and engage the challenging perform of of guaranteeing a stronger housing recovery as we head into an additional year.

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Get in touch with Residence Destination if you live in the Minneapolis / St Paul community and need to have to speak to somebody about buying a property or searching for a residence modification. Contact 612-396-7832.

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