| A foreclosure help meet-up group is a group of | | | | has little appeal. Not that anyone cares what I |
| people in foreclosure who meet together and talk | | | | think. But people do flock to online dating services |
| online. The purpose of the meetings are to | | | | to meet other people. |
| inform, inspire and excite members to take action | | | | The point is in a nation of over 300 million people |
| to stop their foreclosure or to move on with | | | | and 6 billion people in the world we still feel |
| dignity. | | | | isolated to the extent that more and more people |
| Birds of a feather flock together, but people are | | | | go online to find love and friendship. And if you're |
| not birds. The world is moving so fast and you | | | | in foreclosure the last thing you need to feel is |
| and me get so busy doing our own thing that we | | | | isolated. You need people to talk to! |
| lose contact with each other. In fact, it is easy | | | | Obviously you will need to do much more than |
| for us to become lonely and isolated. | | | | just talk to stop foreclosure. But still, don't |
| Many people behind in making their monthly | | | | underestimate the power of sharing ideas as a |
| payments feel isolated and have no idea who to | | | | mechanism to help you think this problem through, |
| talk to. Contrary to what the pundits say lenders | | | | to a point where it becomes clear what action |
| are seldom helpful or available and often | | | | you need to take next. |
| misinformed. And many of us are too | | | | Foreclosure is a process, they don't just come |
| embarrassed to talk to our family and friends. | | | | knock on your door today and ask you to be |
| And as hard as it is to believe sometimes even | | | | gone before tomorrow. The law requires you be |
| our own spouses. | | | | sent a notice informing you that you have missed |
| The circumstances that lead to foreclosure are | | | | your payment. The law requires you be sent a |
| complicated and no two situations are the same. | | | | formal notice of default typically after 90 days. |
| However as in any contest the sooner we | | | | The law requires you be sent a notice about 3 |
| prepare ourselves with a plan of action and start | | | | weeks before the trustee sale. |
| working it, the more likely it is we will find the | | | | Let's call on an animal analogy. How do you eat an |
| solution that is our best alternative. | | | | elephant? Bit by bit. And so it is with foreclosure. |
| As an example if someone has cancer I think you | | | | Foreclosure can be overwhelming, so the way to |
| would agree it is in their best interest to seek | | | | tackle it is bit by bit, like you would eat an |
| medical attention immediately. Foreclosure is in no | | | | elephant. |
| way as serious as cancer! But they are similar in | | | | In conclusion, the purpose of the foreclosure |
| that both are serious problems and the sooner | | | | meet-up group is to give you an outlet to talk |
| you seek help to find a solution, the better off | | | | about what you think and feel about foreclosure. |
| you will likely be--in either case? | | | | It is to help you begin, continue or get to the end |
| Let's go back to the birds analogy. If you're older | | | | of your thinking process so your next course of |
| as I am the thought of an online dating service | | | | action is clear to you. |