I ask myself the same question on an ongoing basis, particularly by the owners of the foreclosed on and from investors who are dealing with an owner in foreclosure. These homeowners do not want to lose to foreclosure in their homes and tell the investors that they like their new home by looking for a short sale, foreclosure auction sale want to buy, or directly from the investor that he / she buys an REO.
I’m not talking about a lease-option, if an investor comes back and a mortgage in default, has sold the house to themselves, and rents the property back to the owner until the owner has the opportunity to buy the house later . I’m talking an owner, or even a time of sale in the process of foreclosure for sale foreclosure auction set.
Unfortunately, some unscrupulous investors took advantage of the homeowner to foreclosure lease option with the intention of obtaining a certificate, the house to make and not the “new” landlord-tenant out. The owner / tenant was fast because of the onerous lease provisions superseded. This was a legal method, but immoral, owners, in fact their homes thinking they were still in their homes until their finances, to have recovered.
Investors typically held the original mortgage, if the owner is present and just the mortgage payments until the investor sells the property. A growing number of states have leasing options with the owners banned in foreclosure or heavily regulating the parameters of these transactions, including is the time to recovery (repair) the payment of rent in arrears.
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