250 Questions You Should Ask To Avoid Foreclosure [Paperback]

Lita Epstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 3, 2007

With short-term interest rates going up and the value of real estate going down, you may find yourself caught in the middle with mortgage payments you can't manage. Losing your home isn't your only option-if you understand how to avoid foreclosure.

The 250 Questions You Should Ask to Avoid Foreclosure provides simple, straightforward answers you need to keep your home and protect your finances including how to:

• Stop foreclosure action
• Handle and report delinquent loans
• Understand liens
• Consider refinance options

In addition, this book will answer questions about what rights property owners possess during foreclosure proceedings, how to get assistance through credit counseling and bankruptcy protection, and foreclosure and homestead exemption rules specific to your state. With The 250 Questions You Should Ask to Avoid Foreclosure, you'll know what to do to keep your home sweet home.

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About the Author

Lita Epstein, M.B.A., excels at translating complex financial topics critical to people's everyday life. She has more than a dozen books on the market including, Streetwise Crash Course MBA, Streetwise Retirement Planning, and Alpha Teach Yourself Retirement Planning in 24 Hours. Ms. Epstein is a faculty member in the College of Graduate Business and Management at the University of Phoenix. She was the content director for the financial services Web site, MostChoice.com, and managed the site Investing for Women. She also wrote TipWorld's Mutual Fund Tip of the Day, in addition to columns about mutual fund trends for numerous Web sites.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (July 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598695118
• ISBN-13: 978-1598695113
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,288,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I enjoy translating complex financial and political topics critical to people's everyday life in language that can be easily understood. I do this through my non fiction "how to" books for the Dummies series and the Idiot's Guides. I have more than 25 finance and political books on the market. Prior to writing books, I've worked as a daily newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, a press secretary for a U.S. Congressman and a fund raiser for former President Jimmy Carter, so he can continue his international work through The Carter Center. I earned my MBA at Emory University's Goizueta Business School and my BA at Rutgers University.

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At first glance this seems to be a comprehensive book of facts regarding mortgages, loans, and foreclosures but beyond being a total snooze-fest, it really wasn't that helpful. Many of the answers to the 250 questions seem contradictory and confusing. We found ourselves having more questions after reading the book than before. And frankly, the title is misleading. There really aren't that many helpful tips geared towards avoiding foreclosure, just a lot of information regarding loan and banking laws and regulations. 50 of the 250 questions is a single question asked repeatedly of each of the 50 states (and there are 69 questions regarding bankruptcy). Not only was it a cheesy way to pad the book title, we still don't understand the 'homestead law' as it applies to the state of California.

This was a frustrating waste of money; not at all the book we thought it was going to be.