Guides

Foreclosure guides

Clear, practical explainers on stopping foreclosure, your legal rights, and the alternatives — written for homeowners, not lawyers. The full library is being written now.

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Guides in progress

Our guides are organized around what you actually need: how to stop or avoid foreclosure, what happens month by month after a missed payment, and the real options ranked by how much time you have left.

A dedicated rights section covers the federal 120-day rule, loss-mitigation and dual-tracking protections, when a foreclosure-defense attorney pays for itself, and how to find a free HUD-approved housing counselor.

Further guides cover the alternatives — deed-in-lieu, short sale, forbearance, loan modification, reinstatement vs. redemption — plus the aftermath: deficiency judgments, your credit, and how to avoid foreclosure-rescue scams. Every guide cites its sources and points you to free help.