If I am understanding tools2teach's strategy here is to simply try to stay in the house as long as possible before the foreclosure process and eviction force him to leave. Is this correct? Then your attorney's advice was good in asking for a loan modification or asking for a short sell with your mortgage company to buy you a few more months.
e.g. you can ask your mortgage company for a few extra months so you can short sell your house (you aren't really going to do it, you are just asking for a few extra months to try to short sell). I tried this once they put a trustee sales notice on my door, but this was too late to ask for it. They said had I asked earlier, I would have had enough time. So you somehow have to ask for this strategy a good month or so before the auction date of your home, yet after the NOD. But you really don't know what their timetable is, so its a tough gamble.
I am attempting a loan mod now and will be happy with paying a reduced loan payment for a forebearance plan of 6 months if that is what I have to do to stay in my house a while longer. I don't have a job, so it won't be easy to rent another place yet. I understand your strategy of wanting to stay in your home longer.
e.g. you can ask your mortgage company for a few extra months so you can short sell your house (you aren't really going to do it, you are just asking for a few extra months to try to short sell). I tried this once they put a trustee sales notice on my door, but this was too late to ask for it. They said had I asked earlier, I would have had enough time. So you somehow have to ask for this strategy a good month or so before the auction date of your home, yet after the NOD. But you really don't know what their timetable is, so its a tough gamble.
I am attempting a loan mod now and will be happy with paying a reduced loan payment for a forebearance plan of 6 months if that is what I have to do to stay in my house a while longer. I don't have a job, so it won't be easy to rent another place yet. I understand your strategy of wanting to stay in your home longer.
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