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Foreclosure or Short Sale: Which Is Better And Can The Lender Get A Deficiency Judgment?

Added September 3, 2009 by Ilyce R. Glink

Foreclosure or Short Sale? Which is better for the homeowner and the lender? A homeowner is underwater on her rental property mortgage and wonders if her lender will come after her for the deficiency if she walks away from her rental property mortgage. Lenders are processing so many foreclosures and short sales right now, that it's not likely a lender will spend the money to come after her for the deficiency. Most lenders would also prefer to have the borrower sell the home in a short sale rather than go through the hassle of a foreclosure. The lender can usually get more money through a short sale than they can by putting the homeowner through a foreclosure.

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1031 Exchange: 3 Rules For Property

September 19, 2008

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When you're doing a 1031 tax exchange you need to follow three rules for identifying property. The three property rule allows you to consider three replacement properties without taking their fair market value into account. If you're looking at more than three properties for a 1031 exchange, you may…

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