Streetwise Seller Financing: Sell Your Property up to 70% Faster

By: W. Eddie Speed

Book Overview

Streetwise Seller Financing is designed as a complete guide to the entire process of seller financing real estate. Starting with the homework before the sale, Eddie Speed moves through underwriting, structuring the sale, complying with applicable state and federal laws, preventing default and what to do if your property does enter default. Table of Contents: Introduction Part i: Homework Before the Sale Should I Owner-Finance? The Application Employment Section Rental History Reference Verification Balance Sheet Credit Report Understanding the Credit Score Public Record Information Trades Information Sources of Public Records Common Sense Underwriting Underwriting Food for Thought Calculating Ability to Pay The 5 C's of Credit Part ii: Structuring the Sale The Credit Score and Loan to Value The Property Type and Loan to Value A Word About Interest Rates What is the "Right" Structure for my Note? Why Loan to Value is Important Legal Requirements for Notes Real Estate Settlement Practices Act (RESPA) Truth in Lending Act (TILA) Equal Opportunity Credit Act Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Fair Credit Reporting Act State Laws A Word on Late Fees Escrow Accounts Why collect Escrow? Legal Limits Interest on Escrow accounts Other Legal Issues IRS 1098 Reporting Requirements Organizing Your Portfolio Part iii: Conditions Leading to Default P & I Delinquency Unpaid Property Taxes No Hazard Insurance Other Liens Poor Property Management Common Sense Collection Calls The Importance of Collecting on Your Note Establishing Payment Expectations Permanent Corrective Action Collection Schedule Telephone Collection Calls Keeping Good Pay Histories Skip-Tracing Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Alternatives to Foreclosure Forbearance Recasting Government Assistance What to Expect When Your Loan Enters Default Bankruptcy Foreclosure Judicial Foreclosure Power-of-Sale Foreclosures Deficiency Judgements Surrender of Deed Presale of Property Tax Consequences of Default Selling Your Note Partial Purchases Conclusion Appendix A: Glossary of Terms Appendix B: Important Forms US Bankruptcy Court Proof of Claim Sample Freddie Mac Universal Loan Application Payment Reminder Letter Notice of Non Payment - Letter # 1 Notice of Non Payment - Letter # 2 Notice of Non Payment - Letter # 3 Sample Breech Letter Notice of Intention to Foreclose Sample Borrower's Financial Statement Notice Required by Fair Debt Collection Practices Act IRS Form 1099-A Acquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property IRS Form 1099-C Cancellation of Debt Notice to Users of Consumer Reports Sample Truth in Lending Disclosure Statement HUD-1 Settlement Statement Seller Disclosure of Condition IRS Form 1098 Mortgage Interest Statement IRS Form 1096 Annual Summary and Transmittal of Returns Appendix C: Delinquent Servicing Schedule Index This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974363103
• ISBN13: 9780974363103
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Colonial Funding Group
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Streetwise Seller Financing

I've done private financing using seller notes for over 20 years. In this field, knowledge and integrity are of extreme importance. This book provides all the knowledge that any note seller will ever need, and more. We've always known this method of funding can quadruple the inquiries and double the qualified buyers, now the average seller knows how everything works. That's a hundred times better than being at the mercy...

Streetwise Seller Financing

If you are interested in seller financing, this is the book you must have. As a practicing attorney for 30+ years, specializing in real estate, I thought I knew it all but I even learned some things from Mr. Speed's book. He speaks to the issues facing seller financing in a way that is easy to understand and follow with real world solutions. This is a tough area with many dangerous curves but Streetwise Seller Financing...

Every seller financer and note holder should read this!

Eddie Speed quotes the seasoned Texas banker who said, "The best time to worry about a loan is before you make it." Then he details how to do so. As a note broker, I can recommend this book to anyone considering seller financing. Whether you plan to collect payments for 30 years or you want to sell your note at some time in the future, this book will help you create a note that is more likely to be an asset you can sell instead...

This info is needed by all with Owner Financing !!

I was thinking of selling my home with Owner Financing. This book answered all of my concerns, and enlightened me on many that I was not even aware that I should be concerned about. I will use owner financing and not be concerned, knowing that I did it right on the front end. This will leave me with many options in the future if my needs were to change. Thanks, Mr. Speed for bringing me up to speed on owner financing...

Sold in 3 days!!

I purchased Streetwise a few weeks ago and have already used Mr. Speed's guidelines to close on a property that I had on the market for 6 weeks! I found the section on avoiding default especially helpful - in my rush to get property sold, I've never given default a second thought. There's a lot to digest in this book and I have a feeling this will be one to refer to again & again. I recommend this book to any real estate...