If you fall behind on your mortgage payments and default, a lender may sell your home through a trustee's sales. 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.
Presales: A trustee's sale
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 their 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 sales is
that it will receive quick cash payment for the property being auctioned off.
Figure 1: Trustees 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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