You fall behind on your mortgage payments and default, a lender may sell your home through a trustee's sale. The second option is usually foreclosure. The two are only slightly different in terms of what they include, with the trustee's sale being preferred because it allows the lender to recover more of the money lost due to the defaulted loan.
Pre-sales: A trustee's sales is normally scheduled at least 90 days
in advance of the actual sale. This happens so that a person who has defaulted
on a home loan has time to straighten up his financial status and retrieve any
potentially lost assets. When a lender chooses to use a trustee's sale, a
notice is usually filed with the county recorder's office, and the borrower is
given a notice of sale detailing the date of the sale. Investors attend
trustee's sales with the hopes of purchasing property for less than market
value and reselling it for a profit.
Sale: A Trustee’s Sales is similar to an auction, except that
the property for sale has been seized as a result of someone's failure to pay
her debts. The property, as well as any remaining seized possessions, is
auctioned off. Individually or in groups, these are available for purchase. In
most cases, the buyer is required to acquire the property without seeing it
beforehand and is taking a major risk in doing so. For many investors, though,
the prospect of purchasing real estate or other items for substantially less
than market value is enough to entice them.
Stipulations: Before
you may participate in a trustee's sales, you must normally meet certain requirements. You
can't just come up and begin bidding without first registering for the auction.
You must also demonstrate that you have enough money to bid on the products you
want to win at the auction. This must be in the form of cash or a cashier's
check in most cases. One of the reasons the lender may opt for the trustee's
sale is that it will receive quick cash payment for the property being
auctioned off.
Figure 1: Trustee's Sales
Bidding: The
person who has lost the property will be subject to the same bidding
regulations as everyone else interested in the sale once bidding commences for
the property. Bidding might start as low as one penny over the lender's asking
price. If the winning bidder has the winning bid, he should expect to pay
certain costs. The charge is usually around 1%, however it varies based on the
state where the auction is held.
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