This book is for anyone who is in a bad mortgage situation.
You have an adjustable loan; your monthly payment has now skyrocketed
to an amount you can’t afford on a monthly basis. That is the situation
I found myself in. After four applications to my bank for a loan modification,
I decided I needed to get professional help. Craig Triance is my lawyer
and co-author in this biographical “how to” book about my process to
save my home. We captured the critical things I learned along the way,
so you can avoid making common mistakes. The rules are legally accurate,
but may include strategies that the banks don’t want you to know. We
want you to be able to save your house also, and the rules in this book
give you a complete guide to doing just that.
The book is divided into three different sections of rules, based
on where in the process you are.
- Section 1: How did you get into this mess? The rules in this section
examine who will call you and who will not, who to look out for and
what to do with your credit cards, retirement account and home equity
loan.
- Section 2: Rules to help you dig your way
out! The rules in
this section focus on getting out of denial about your current
financial situation, being willing to talk about it, getting help,
finding partners and behaviors that will help you look better (more
credible for a loan modification) with a bank mortgage negotiator
- Section 3: Options, Solutions and Resolution. This section of
rules assumes you are already dealing with the bank (and it is
not going so well), and looks at some of your options including:
loan modification, short sales, partnerships and investors, lease
backs, even bankruptcy.
Based on David’s experience and Craig’s legal know how, this down-to-earth,
easily read book provides practical knowledge and legal best practices
coupled with the horror story David has lived through for over a
year. This book emphasizes personal responsibility and also how to
be prepared with specific strategies to deal with your bank. This
book is about hope for the millions in this situation, and is written
in a non-judgmental way to help you survive this financial crisis
and keep your home!
Visit David's Saving
Your House from Foreclosure blog for more information.
David Coleman is an internationally recognized consultant
in the field of collaboration technologies, and the author
of four books on the subject. He is also a guy who got caught
up in the “financial crisis” and currently finds himself fighting
to save the house he has lived in for 21 years. Sharing his
story is an exercise in humility as well as an act of bravery
and compassion. David and his family live in San Francisco,
California.
Craig Triance received his JD from Loyola Law School of Los
Angeles, California in 1992. From 1995 to 2005 Mr. Triance
was the principal in Law Offices of Craig Triance in San Dimas,
California. Mr. Triance's legal background includes civil and
probate litigation, estate and business planning and real estate
issues. In 2005 he co-founded Cambridge Financial Consultants,
LLC, a mortgage company located in El Monte, CA. From 2004
to 2008, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Rubicon
Financial, Inc. a publicly traded financial holding company.
He is also a California Real Estate broker and auctioneer.
He is helping David in his fight to save his house.
"I hope people take away some hope from this book. It's
not just them against the huge inhuman bank. The little guy
can actually do something"
David Coleman, KCBS Interview
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