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Quote from stevegee58:
My wife and I played by the rules. We never missed a payment and we carefully chose a 15 year mortgage we could afford on one income. We'll be paid off in 5 years.
Fuck, that's quaint isn't it?
These McMansion squatters need a swift boot in the ass.
Yes I'm smug and goddamn bitter too.
what appreciation you are expecting,when 1/4 of country is unemployed,taxes are going up to the roof and rates are fucking zero? like i said many times before-so far us is copying Japanese scenario..with it's own twist off course.. when i bought my house i'm fully aware, that it is possible, that like in japan, the prices may not go up for next 10-30 years. i bought to live,not speculate. big difference.Quote from corelove:
Yeah, it looks like your value held up, but you never got the apprieciation either. There are some places like pittsburgh where property value hasnt changed in 40 years. bought it 40 years ago for 50k, sell it today for 50k. pretty bad investment, but if you just are looking to live there, it works.
Quote from corelove:
Good for you bob1111. When all your neighbors get foreclosed and your property value plummets. Don't say you were not warned.

Exactly. Well statedQuote from olias:
My reaction to this is that EVERYBODY IS GREEDY. Seriously, it's human nature to have that drive. It's what drives progress. It was greed that drove Bill Gates for all these years, and that's the kind of greed I don't have a problem with. On the other hand he's been very generous with his money, so...there's different kinds of greed. The first kind (good or bad) is human nature and I have no problem with it.
Quote from Eddiefl:
You sounds like a nice , reasonable, friendly neighbor to have.
Let me guess, you have had your house or cars toilet papered within the last 3 years, just a wikld guess.
EF
Quote from BartS:
Some of these banks are asking to get those homes shoved up their ass big time.I will actually share my story, as i am a homeowner facing foreclosure (non strategic default - business took a shit) and have been basically dicked around by Morgan Stanley (or Saxon mortgage Services - an sub of MS).....
Before things went really bad - called them up, explained the situation - and was instructed that inquiries for a refi would only be considered if there was delinquency on the account by more than 60 days.
Fine.
Stopped paying - then THEY started calling.
Submitted all the paperwork for refi.
Nope - don't qualify.
OK then - fuck this, not paying them a red dime....
On to the realtor, listed the fucker up, and waited for months to get an offer as a short sale.
3 offers came in.
1st offer was a dud - no approval - gone.
2nd offer - good to go - bank countered, gave buyers 3 business days to decide - no answer - file thrown away.
3rd buyer - decided they wanted to haggle after inspection - file thrown away.
Buyer 2 came back with offer matching the bank's counter on sept 4.
Bank received files the same day - and went forward with sheriff's auction sale on sept 7.
The kicker is that the auction yielded 200K.
Buyer's offer is 294K.
In my state there is a 60 day redemption period after sale.
The bank has been claiming they do not have a file - they cannot open one - and that the property is in the hands of Freddie Mac.
Total bullshit - they either have employees that are clueless, or something is going on behind the scenes.
They will lose close to $100K (or should i say their investors) and it's fine....no effort, no initiative....nothing...
Called up freddie today, who will in turn contact Saxon as they believe there is no reason for the lender not to take up the short sale.And Saxon will most likely not listen - AGAIN.
I will most likely end up with a deficiency that I will be chased for, and already have a chapter 7 attorney lined up.Tried doing my best to help, and could afford the mortgage 3 times over when I signed the paperwork.
I know there are a lot of free riders out there.
I'm not one of them - it is what it is.
But honestly - FUCK THEM.
They are the worst mortgage servicing company in the nation.
They refied 6% of requests vs 28% for the top refi servicer.
These clowns could not close a fucking door, let alone a refi.
FUCK THEM ALL...
Quote from hippie:
What a story! I heard similar ones. The bank short sale/foreclosure staff are either totally incompetent or being paid off by the people who got your home at the auction. It doesn't make sense that the bank didn't take the 290k, instead accepted the 200k at the auction. TOTAL STUPIDITY or corruption!