Monthly Archives: April 2006

Homeowners in Trouble – Free Hotline Launched

A nonprofit agency formed in 2004 through a $20 million contribution from a General Motors Acceptance Corp. subsidiary has launched a toll-free hotline for homeowners facing foreclosure, according to an announcement today.
The hotline, (888) 995-HOPE, and associated Web site, www.995HOPE.org, were launched by the Homeownership Preservation Foundation.
This group, created through a donation by GMAC-RFC, “assists homeowners regardless [...]


Get In the Game and Stay In the Game

As a personal success coach and mentor to entrepreneurs from all walks of life.
I have had the privilege of spending thousands of hours with clients who are just getting started in free enterprise as well as those who have been in numerous entrepreneurial endeavors. I have coached people who have achieved no money, people who [...]


The Major Key to Your Better Future is YOU!

Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth, profit growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth. It’s really the open door to it all. In fact I’d like to have you [...]


Foreclosure Rescue Scams Producing Bad Laws

The proliferation of unscrupulous foreclosure “rescuers” who use deceptive and fraudulent schemes to fleece homeowners in financial distress out of money, property or both, have led some states to propose and pass laws aimed at putting a stop to these scams. (Read more about scams here).
Unfortunately these new laws reduce the options open to homeowners [...]


Got Phone Phobia?

Editors Note: On February 1st we launched our Personal Coaching program for Mastering Lab Graduates with Mary Kay and Daryl White. We are all so blessed to have them join the Foreclosures.com Team! They have agreed to contribute to the Foreclosure Forecast e-zine with their new column “Coaches Corner”. Here’s your chance to take a Sneak Peak into [...]


Determining your Repair Cost Part 3 of 3: Setting Your Offer Price (Making money when you BUY the house)

Editors Note: This is the final part of 3 Part Series. In February’s column “What is it Worth?” we started with the bottom line. That is, before we buy a foreclosure to fix and sell for profit, we first solve for our RESALE price. In March’s column “What Does it Really Cost?“ we reviewed how to [...]


Foreclosure activity up across the country

As we predicted in a recent column foreclosure activity is on the increase for the third consecutive month across the country. Housing markets have cycled over the top and price corrections have begun in the most overheated regions.
Overall 117,259 properties in the U.S. went into the foreclosure process in February (a 68% year over year [...]