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Principal Balance Mortgage Reductions Can Kick Start This Economy

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Principal Balance Mortgage Reductions would help
stimulate this economy in addition to just extending George
Bush’s tax cuts. This would greatly help the middle class
and the housing industry. Normally, to pull this country
out of a recession, it takes a strong real estate market and
consumer spending. At this time, though, consumer
confidence is at an all time low.

People are scared of losing their jobs and are having
difficulty paying down on debt, saving some money, and
just paying for everyday expenses. Energy costs and
consumer prices on goods and services keep rising not to
mention the taxes that are on the horizon.

One need only to visit a utility company to find out that
many families and individuals are living day to day.
It used to be that people lived week to week or paycheck to
paycheck. That is no longer the case. People are waiting
until the last minute to make their utility payments or until
the last day before a shut-off.   There actually has been a 10%
increase in the number of people who are late in paying. Many
of these families have never been late before.  (Note:  In
California, it is becoming common place for people to be camping
out in their own homes – utilitites have all been shut-off. Does
this sound like a depression or what?

Grand Rapids’ Consumer’s Energy’s parking lot was jammed last
week as homeowners and renters came in to pay their past due bills.
Consumer’s had sent hundreds of shut-off notices out.
People continue to cut back on usage only to face rate hikes,
thus cancelling out any savings. What is worrisome is that this
is summer – what will winter bring?

It’s not that people don’t want to get out of debt, but
they just can’t. Many homeowners in Michigan have gone
through their 3 to 6 months savings, or are unable to save a
dollar. High credit card fees, gasoline and energy costs,
and food prices make it almost impossible for people to pay
down on their debts.

In this economic climate, housing prices have dropped
due to foreclosures and this weak economy. Consequently,
people are upside down in their homes and just struggling
to make their monthly mortgage payments. A new wave of
foreclosures is on the horizon.

One can see it. The gulf oil has been shut-off and Columbia
is threatening to stop oil from flowing. Iran and North Korea
are thumping their chests over nuclear power and weapons.
China and Russia are positioning the world for a new currency
to devalue the dollar. The United States has a huge trillion
dollar debt, and will probably be unable to make the interest
payments once the dollar falls.

In addition, we are facing the high costs associated with a
socialized healthcare program; and the threatened cap and trade
tax to make this country go green. Pension funds and Social
Security are also at risk. All in all, either we have some stupid
Economists/planners in the White House and in Congress or we
are predestined to be a third world country by design. I haven’t
even mentioned inflation.

I suppose banks, like corporations, are pulling out of
America. However, if the politicians really want to save
this great nation, we can force banks to do Principal Balance
Reductions for struggling homeowners and those that are
underwater. This would stop the increase in foreclosures, and
help the middle class gain control of their finances and allow
them to save money so that they may in the near future be able to
spend money on some goods and services. People could also
have some money to invest in small businesses to help “grow”
jobs in the private sector. Even President O’bama is realizing
that small businesses are not creating jobs. Why is that?
Some cities out West are again enacting the homestead act just
to get homes and land back onto the tax roles.

How can people or small businesses save or spend money
within this business climate? The only optimists that I have
met are the financial planners in banks or financial institutions.
They are encouraging people to invest in their annuities and
mutual funds at 2.75% interest. However, I know that most
banks don’t really have any money to loan. Over 100 banks
this year have imploded. No, the best place to put your cash is
under your mattress or maybe to invest in precious metals or food.

If you can relate to the above story and are facing foreclosure
or are upside down in your home, call Foreclosure Prevention
Institute, LLC
at 1.800.826.1929 for assistance. We know how
to force banks to come to the table and negotiate modified
loan terms and rates. Ask about a forensic loan audit and a
Trustee Principal Balance Mortgage Reduction. We have
many financial services including debt settlement and consolidation
to help you find financial freedom and peace of mind.

Dave Brigle, Managing Member
Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC
271 Viking Dr
Battle Creek, MI 49017
800.826.1929
brigle@appraisaloffice.biz

Save America by Stopping Foreclosure

Get Prepared For The Next Financial Banking Collapse

Monday, April 26th, 2010

I was listening to Glenn Beck sharing his financial predictions
on the radio while driving home from a week-end gathering. He
forewarns of another larger and more devasting financial banking
collapse within the next year or so. Interestingly, President O’bama
this week is calling for financial reform, and says if his program is not
adopted there will be another financial crisis of greater proportions. So
even, President O’bama knows of this brewing banking financial disaster.

Interestingly, Glen Beck is all for financial reform, but not
President O’bama’s proposal. President O’bama’s stimulus and
financial policies are just deepening and extending this recession
and causing huge and massive unemployment. In my opinion,
he has destroyed the best healthcare and economic system in the
world all for the sake of his ideology.

I, too, see another financial collapse partially due to the next
wave of foreclosures that is occurring now. Foreclosures have increased
since the Adjustable Rate Mortgages are now adjusting; since the banks’
are allowed to be overtly agressive in foreclosing and their unwillingness to
lose any money; and due to continued job loss. Well-paying and secure jobs
are few and are certainly not being created in the private sector at any
significant rate — only government jobs. Union jobs that offered security
are basically extinct. Case in point, this spring (for the first time in 30 years),
teaching positions in Michigan are being cut significantly due to loss of students
and revenue. By grand design, we are all to be dependent upon the “State.”
Neither O’bama nor Conservatives really like unions.

Overall, in this financial climate, Banks especially in Michigan do not have
any money to lend, because of all of the nonperforming commercial and
residential loans and defaults; inability to qualify for a loan; and also due
to all of the new banking regulations. Real-estate sales alone have dropped
this month since the government incentives for first time homebuyers is now
over, and not allowing private investors to enter the market for fear of making
a profit. The new EPA rules are also killing off market sales. In Michigan, it is
going to be impossible or extremely difficult and expensive to paint any house, inside
or out, if built before 1978 due to lead paint hazards.

The working or middle class society of today will probably never own a home or
see secure and/or stable jobs again if our country continues to adopt this socialistic
framework. Although, I could be wrong if everyone works for the government — but
one needs to understand that any income earned will go directly back to the government.
Indirectly, you will be taxed and your money seized like permitted within the new
healthcare legislation. Even the housing industry I think is adjusting to this idea.
It is being proposed that if one were to obtain a mortgage loan and if in the future one
defaults or is foreclosed, then the homeowner will have the right to rent for 5 years.
Now, who is going to loan anyone any significant amount of money considering these
new rules? Under O’bama, the idea of home ownership will in actuality be nonexistent.
Remember private property is not allowed in a socialistic system.

A huge percentage of our economy within a capitalistic republic is dependent upon
a strong real estate market, a vibrant manufacturing sector, and a strong healthcare
industry. I doubt if there can be a strong recovery without strong growth in these
markets. The financial markets will certainly collapse, because the banks need to
lend money. However, there are no incentives to work, to start a business, or the
ability to own a home.

The government can keep printing money and throwing it around, but in the
end it will be useless and worthless. Markets have to be allowed to adjust on
their own. Our economy will never be able to recover as long as our government
is allowed to pick and choose who is to succeed and who is to fail like when the
government picked AIG and Goldman Sachs.

What was unique about our society was the fact that an individual or business
entity could choose to pursue an idea out of happiness and ultimately could either
“win” or “fail.” Our capitalistic society provided an opportunity, but with no guarantees.
Competition was considered good and fed the desire for excellence. Today, Americans
have traded this “freedom” for a false sense of security such as “free” healthcare, “free”
rent, “free” income but at a surf’s wages, and “free” education but without choice of
carreer path.

Glenn Beck suggests that one gets his “house” in order…meaning get out
of debt and stay out of debt now. If you are smart you will cut-up your credit
cards and not use them. Banks are starting to entice individuals to come back
and use their credit cards, but if you do you will again be a “slave” to them.
Banks are hoping to capture the new and unsuspecting young adults. I hope the
Mothers and Dads of our society are teaching their children to not adopt our financial
institutions’ trap of needing “credit.”

The American public I also hope is now savy and intelligent enough to say, “No” to
credit cards and bank loans. Americans will have to establish an underground economy
to trade and barter until Americans are able to take back their country and freedoms at
the ballot box and by saying, “No” to Obama’s national banking system. More challenging
and harder times are coming! It is inevitable. Will you be prepared?

Saving the American Dream 800.826.1929

P.S. If you are upside down in your home and want
to keep your home and get control of your finances, consider
a Principal Balance Mortgage Reduction.

David Brigle, Managing Member
Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC
271 Viking Dr
Battle Creek, MI 49017
800 826-1929 Call Today!

http://ForeclosurePreventionInstitute.com

Unemployed Qualify For Loan Modifications

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Last Friday’s (March 26th) announcement, of more and broader
intervention in the housing mortgage market, will most likely result
in a deeper, longer, and more painful delay in the inevitable decline
in housing prices that are necessary to correct and clear the market.

According to the Obama administration, as stated in the
New York Times, the “broad new initiatives” will help troubled
homeowners to refinance their existing mortgages with more
favorable affordable ones provided directly by the government.

Part of the new program is “meant to temporarily reduce the
payments of [those] borrowers who are unemployed [but are]
seeking a job.” In addition, the enhancements include inducement
to “encourage lenders to write down the value of loans [already]
held by borrowers in modification programs.”

This program is supposed to not only focus on lowering interest rates,
but also include principal reduction. Principal reduction is getting
pretty popular.  In fact, the country’s biggest bank, Bank of America,
just announced that it would “forgive principal balances over a period
of years on an initial 45,000 troubled loans.”

However, this temporary relief covers 3 months. In Michigan, it is
taking almost 1 year to find a new job. People may have a 3 to 6
month reserve, but not many people can survive a full year of unemployment.
So, in reality, this will help very few people. It is also a voluntary program
so lenders do not have to participate.

In order for the housing market to turn around, the market has to adjust
naturally for supply and demand. It is estimated that 1 out of 5 mortgages
are in distressed. There are about 17 million homes that are vacant.
Foreclosures have risen by 9%. The potential of resets of Alt-A and Option
ARM mortgages in 2011 and 2012, will add additional pressure on prices.
In other words, we have not hit bottom.

The construction industry will not see significant improvement until the
supply of homes dissipates. Simply put, we overbuilt and the market
is now having to correct itself.  However, all of these government bailouts
such as HAMP (the Home Affordable Modification Program), is just
prolonging and hampering the market. Capitalism does work if allowed.
Housing prices have to lower and be adjusted to family incomes and
demographics. Workers’ gross income has significantly dropped within
the last year.

Middle income workers and the housing market in recent recessions
helped pulled the economy out, but not this time. With the inevitable
devaluing of the dollar, higher taxes, higher energy costs, and inflation
it will be twenty years or more before we recover. The average American
will not have any extra change to spend. The O’bama Administration and
democratic policies have simply dug us a huge hole that will be hard to climb
out of or fill. America’s foundations are crumbling and so new housing and
construction jobs will be very slow in coming.

If you are a homeowner who is interested in obtaining or needing relief
through a loan modification and/or principal reduction and want to force the
lender to the table, then you need a forensic audit of your mortgage. A forensic
audit will look for inaccuracies, fraud, truth in lending practices, omissions of
documents, and etc. within your current closing documents and appraisals. Almost
any disparency will trigger negotiations with the lender’s legal department since
the mortgage is deemed unenforceable.  Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC
will evaluate your situation for free and provide you with a strategy and solution
that best fits your needs. All you need to do is pick-up the phone and call their
hotline 1.800.826.1929 or visit their website at
http://www.ForeclosurePreventionInstitute.com.

Save America by Stopping Foreclosure

Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC
271 Viking Dr
Battle Creek, MI 49017

956 Innes St NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

1.800.826.1929
Dave Brigle, Managing Member

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