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Home Owners And The Real Estate Market

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You’ve been foreclosed on, you are in the hard-working middle class, but you were taken by surprise in the financial crisis, what’s next? This individual is called a “boomerang” buyer, according to to bankrate.com they are an individual/s who have a checkered past thanks to a foreclosure but are currently entering the real estate market in search of a home they would like to own. Some of the unfortunate realities for boomerang buyers include a wait time (the FHA imposes a three-year wait to obtain a new FHA loan), time to build up your credit score, or even time to find viable income. Some might ask, there must be a different way than just waiting for times to change? Indeed, there is. It’s called the rent-to-own option, among others.
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Often sellers are placed in the situation where rent-to-own becomes a real possibility when their home has been on the market for too long, and they have obligations for it. This puts them in a tight spot, and can cause unfortunate consequences. Luckily the answer to achieving your end result (selling the house) could be renting it for someone to own down the road. The intentions between both parties must be clear, and often they can be muddled.
Consequently a clear contract between the parties is a must, and it is recommended that you
FORECLOSURE.COM SCHOLARSHIP ESSAY "1 obtain some-sort of legal help to ensure the contract is clear and there are not unintended (on intended for that matter) caveats that could affect either party negatively. If the rent-to-own option is not something that works in the situation there are other options such as wraparound financing or a land installment contract that might be viable options for buyers in the
“boomerang” situation.
Wraparound financing per HowStuffWorks.com is an alternative often used when the seller has a mortgage on the home, and the buyer has sufficient income, but for a variety of reasons, is unable to obtain a mortgage. A promissory note is signed between the buyer and the seller, often the seller makes the interest rate slightly higher then his current payments (to make an extra buck), and the payments from the buyer are put towards the sellers

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