I don’t know if all mortgage companies work this way, but with ours, when you get behind on your payments, you can’t get back on track gradually. They will only accept the entire amount you are behind. And when you get into really bad financial trouble, eventually you get to the point where it is […]
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I felt it. And so did Number 5.
I’m not going to keep talking about my house forever. I promise. But I just want to tell you this little story. As you already know, on Monday afternoon I spoke with Tyrone, and he let us know that we had been approved for our loan modification and that the foreclosure proceedings on the house […]
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
As you all know, foreclosure proceedings started on our house about a year and a half ago. And then about three weeks ago, we got a letter from a lawyer telling us the house was now officially in active foreclosure. Which meant now the clock was seriously ticking. Quickly. I don’t know if you’ve ever been […]
Update on the House
I’ve gotten a lot of emails from people wondering about the house situation. I thought I’d fill you in on the latest… If this happens to be your first time stopping by here, three weeks ago we got a letter from a lawyer letting us know our house had officially gone into active foreclosure. Without […]
The third time’s a charm, right?
If you missed it last week, our house went into active foreclosure about ten days ago. We knew this day was coming. Foreclosure proceedings on the house started over a year ago. We just didn’t know when it would officially become “active.” I’m sharing this because I’ve gotten quite a few suggestions on what we should […]
Because The Joneses Aren’t Paying Your Mortgage — Thoughts From A Mother Facing Foreclosure
I have spent the day sitting in my house, wandering around. Putting wood on the fire. Sitting in the dining room. My favorite room. Lying in the kids’ beds. Looking at old pictures of the kids sitting in the kitchen I designed and my husband built. Looking at pictures of our backyard in the spring time. Pictures […]