Truth of Foreclosure Home - Disadvantages of Buying
pre-Foreclosure
Sure you have known the advantages of buying pre-foreclosure,
haven't you? Adjustable agreement, up to 40% below market value
fo
reclosure home, adequate time to research on the
foreclosure home, lesser down payment, etc. Undeniable, buying
pre-foreclosure has many advantages and they are real
irresistible. Anyhow, there is always a balance point in
everything. It's true that buying pre-foreclosure has a lot of
advantages, but there are also disadvantages of buying
pre-foreclosure.
Depending on one's needs, only you know which buying
foreclosure approach (pre
-foreclosure,
auction and
REO) best suits you.
First and foremost, the very first disadvantage of buying
pre-foreclosure is getting contact with the foreclosure
homeowners. Why say so? As you have already known, foreclosure
homeowners are facing negative events of his life that causing
him to fall behind his mortgage payment on that moment.
Foreclosure homeowners are distressed. And the outcome of this
situation, foreclosure homeowners usually refuse to meet with
strangers or whoever he thinks unnecessary. To some foreclosure
homeowners, this could may be help them to concentrate more on
solving the problems, while to some other foreclosure
homeowners, this will only isolate them from the problems.
Either way, you will have works to do to get contact with them.
Some professional investors or real estate agencies will post
their greetings, post card like stuff to foreclosure homeowner.
But to me, it's not good enough. It's recommended to call up
foreclosure homeowner in person. Talking to them is the best way
to leave a deep impression to them; while calling can show your
sincerity of buying his pre-foreclosure home too. Of cause,
talking courteously and patiently is equally important. Put
yourself in his shoe, do you want someone rude to take over his
lovely home or someone gentle instead?
Buying
foreclosure has risk in dealing with other liens. This
is the second disadvantage of buying pre-foreclosure. Who knows
how many lenders the foreclosure homeowner has borrowed money
from? There are cases where homeowners get home loan from 2
different lenders to buy a house and get a third lender for home
improving loan. These cases involve many legal works. You
definitely can't settle it by yourself, unless you are a lawyer
and your spouse is a bank manager.
No jokes on the legal works. It's really frustrating dealing
with them. Thus, before buying a pre-foreclosure, make sure you
do a throughout research on that pre-foreclosure home including
its title deed, loan information, any hidden liens, etc. Get the
professional help. And this situation contributes the third
disadvantage of buying a pre-foreclosure. There are paper works
to do to complete the deal and it's time costly.
However, these 3 disadvantages are actually nothing compared to
the return of buying pre-foreclosure. To conclude, great
bargains need hard work. You have to do research and truly
understand the process of buying pre-foreclosure. It's
recommended to buy a foreclosure book and do some real reading
if you really want to get this pre-foreclosure bargain. I would
say it worth your hard works.