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My husband and I are both 35. We have two small children, ages 5 & 2. We are a military family in the midst of the foreclosure process.

Our Story:

Our family has been facing the idea of foreclsoure for the last year, but it has now come to decison time....

Our brief story......My husband is currently on Active Duty in the Air Force. In June 2006, we were sent (called a PCS in the Air Force) to Las Vegas, NV. At that time, we purchased a house for 455,000. This was well in our means and affordable. Nothing large, 4 bedroom 3 bath. It was next to impossible to even get a house at that time. We put 10% down plus an additional 50,000 to finish the house (it was new construction and needed landscape, window treatments ,etc.). Now, 3 years later, our house is worth 212,000 - we have no choice but to "walk-away" from our dream home.

This past summer we once again moved for the military. This time to Kansas. We knew our future looked dismal. Fortunately, we were able to get renters in our house; however, they were paying less then what we owed our mortage company monthly. These renters have turned out to be bad news. They have been late on payments and are now leaving our house. Now, unable to get renters, plus knowing that we can not afford the additional payment of 3,000./month, we have no choice put to walk-away.

We have tried everything else we know of. Over the past year, we have sent several "hardship letters" to the bank. All of which have been denied. In addition, we even "qualified" for the "loan modification program" from the government. However, after two weeks in the program we were sent a letter stating we were denied for no reason. What a joke that was:)

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The pool, plants, etc....

It is still hard to accept the fact that we are foreclosing on our house BUT both Ryan and I know that it is the right decision at this time.  The other day we had to come to terms with the fact that our pool is going to get "destroyed" in this process.  We spent days/hours/weeks building that pool.  We were involved in every detail.  We know that it is going to turn green and nasty.
Now that our renters (who used our house as a dog kennel) are completely gone, we asked our friends to take some of the plants/foliage in the backyard.  I would rather know that some of these plants (that we spent years growing) were going to our good friends then dying in our backyard.  It is a loss but we are ready to get this behind us.
I recently told a friend (who is in a very similiar situation) that if you decide that foreclosure is right for your family, then make sure both you and your husband are on "the same page".  I am so grateful that Ryan and I are in this together and "on the same page".  It helps with the whole process.

1 comment:

  1. Sorry to hear about your situation as this is happening all across the valley. I'm curious as to why hasn't the bank suggest you do a Short Sale? There are some new things coming down the line regarding short sales and have no deficiency judgement. If you want to keep the home, then I would continue trying to submit again for the loan mod, but you would still have 2 house payments. Also, you have military hardship --they transferred you. Feel free to look me up if you would like some help. Dawn Barrier

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