He pinpointed the strategies to use during a cooler market. We also walked away with a great tool that was FREE to all who attended — his One-Minute Analysis.

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That’s because abandoned or vacant homes with untreated swimming pools are becoming breeding grounds for mosquitoes, which are responsible for spreading the virus to birds, horses and humans.

In fact, according to the report The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District got 288 service requests last month — nearly double the activity at the same time in 2007.

With so many homes in foreclosure throughout the “Golden State” it is becoming more and more difficult for lenders and local governments to manage and address the needs of all foreclosure properties.

It’s a nightmare scenario that goes to show the far-reaching effects of foreclosure.

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The report indicates that McMahon has been actively attempting to sell the house for the past two years and has reduced the price to $5.75 million.

However, the 85-year-old celebrity and the mortgage lender, Countrywide Financial Corp., are now working together to hammer out a resolution that ensures McMahon and his wife remain in their six-bedroom home.

So how does something like this happen to such a well-known — and seemingly wealthy — homeowner?

His lawyer indicates that a slumping housing market, as well as a broken neck sustained 18 months ago that has prevented McMahon from working, are the causes behind the foreclosure proceedings.

It’s a painful reality that McMahon shares with many homeowners throughout California and beyond. In fact, his lawyer issued this statement from the McMahon’s:

“… understand that they are in the same situation as hundreds of thousands of other hard-working Americans, and their hearts go out to them.”

There are several options still open to avoid foreclosure. And it’s not just because McMahon is famous. It’s important to be open and honest with lenders and open the lines of communication as soon as possible.

Often times banks will bend over backwards to ensure that their loans don’t end up in foreclosure — no matter who you are … especially right now.

That’s not a typo … the headline is accurate.

Back in 1995, Sonya Capri Ramos took her daughter to the dentist to fill some cavities. She paid a majority of the bill; however, there was a $68 balance that she could not cover, according to ABCNews.com.

Over time, the $68 outstanding balance grew to more than $950 because of legal fees and other expenses shelled out to collect the payment. And when Ramos still didn’t cough up the cash, a judge ordered the local Sheriff to auction off the property to pay off the debt.

Her home was eventually sold for $1,550 in 1996. However, she claims she had no idea that any of this was going on. In fact, she continued to make payments on the mortgage — a home she technically no longer owned — for 12 years.

Ramos learned about the sale when she applied for a loan to make home renovations. She was denied, because, well, she wasn’t the homeowner.

Ever since she’s been embroiled in a legal battle to reclaim the title to her property, which she feels was sold out from under her. Even to this day, unfortunately, she and her lawyers have been unsuccessful.

This is a bizarre case — perhaps one in a million. The experts quoted in the article, in fact, are puzzled about how this all went down.

Regardless, lessons can and should be learned from this tale:

Always pay your bills … and remember to floss.

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — the two largest mortgage lending institutions in the nation — are cracking down on homeowners in default who literally “walk away” from their homes rather than go through the complete foreclosure process, according to the Herald Tribune.

It’s unfortunately become a growing trend as more and more homeowners become “upside down” on their mortgages — they owe the banks more than their homes are actually worth. In fact, these situations are often referred to as “jingle mail” because the distressed homeowners snail mail their house keys direct to mortgage lenders.

To discourage “jingle mail” Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac promise to increase their penalties:

“Fannie will now prohibit foreclosed borrowers from getting another mortgage through the giant investor for five years, unless there are ‘documented extenuating circumstances.’ In those cases, the mortgage prohibition is for three years. Even after five years, borrowers with foreclosures in their files will be required to make at least a 10 percent down payment, and will need minimum FICO credit scores of 680. Freddie Mac, Fannie’s rival, counts foreclosures as major credit blots for seven years, and a senior official said the company is now aggressively pursuing some walkaway borrowers ‘to preserve our deficiency rights’ where permitted under state law.”

Essentially, this is just another reason it is so important for distressed homeowners to work with their mortgage lenders early and often if foreclosure situations emerge. It’s critical for everyone involved to exhaust all available mitigation opportunities before resorting to “jingle mail.”

Foreclosure is something that can ruin credit scores and negatively impact lives now and well into the future. “Mailing it in” before the foreclosure process is even complete will apparently make a bad situation that much worse.

Therefore, think twice before sealing that envelope.