Their home is worth $200.000, they owe the bank about $200,000 . They would lose money on the sale, so they are considering walking away and foreclosure. They are spending almost $2000.00 a month in mortgage paymens, and they could only rent it for $1300 a month. Any ideas on how I could keep the house or help them without foreclosure?

A friend of mine got screwed into a scam to buy some homes to rent out and supposedly make some money. In the end he has been through many tenants and been unable to make the payments due to lack of renters and the declining market. A couple of them have started to go into pre-foreclosure and he is wondering what liability he will have with the banks if they go into complete foreclosure. He understands his credit is shot…which it already is, but not sure what else he will be liable for….

We have a rental property that we can no longer afford payments. If it goes into foreclosure, will they come after our wages or make us do a 1099? We do not want to do a short sale.

Our landlord has not told us the home we rent is in foreclosure. I found out through notices addressed to him in the mail and through a website listing our home in foreclosure. As it is we pay rent a month in advance and have decided to pay on time instead so that we do not lose a whole months rent if asked to leave. Sorry to say we do not trust our renter because he has not been honest with us. When this home sells, how long will we have to find a new place? Also, shouldn’t the bank be getting our rent money…especially if rent is more than his mortgage? I am really just concerned about what this means for us and options available? Anyone ever been in this situation?