If you're falling behind on your mortgage, you're not alone. Many Palmetto, Florida homeowners experience financial setbacks due to job loss, rising insurance costs, medical expenses, divorce, or unexpected emergencies. The good news is that taking action early may help you protect your credit and ... Continue Reading » about How to Protect Your Credit When You Can’t Keep Up with Payments
Divorce
Selling a Home After Divorce in Florida Safely
A divorce decree may say the house will be sold, but that is usually the beginning of the real work. Selling a home after divorce in Florida means making decisions about access, repairs, pricing, mortgage payments, and proceeds while two people may be communicating very differently than they once ... Continue Reading » about Selling a Home After Divorce in Florida Safely
You Need a Special Kind of Agent
When you're selling your house because of divorce, you need a special kind of agent. You need an agent who will be sensitive to the emotional aspects of the sale without becoming emotional herself. You need an agent who will be understanding if you need to scream, sympathetic if you need to ... Continue Reading » about You Need a Special Kind of Agent
Who Gets the House?
Divorce is not just an emotionally difficult experience; it's also a financially difficult experience. That house that you purchased together – perhaps with two incomes – may now be a burden rather than a joy. And, if both of you are named on the loan documents, it can be a source of both ... Continue Reading » about Who Gets the House?
What’s the Worst That Can Happen
What's the worst thing that can happen if you divorce and don't sell your house? If you own it free and clear, the worst that can happen is that the person who is awarded the house will have to deal emotionally with the memories in that house. And… the person who is not awarded the house may be ... Continue Reading » about What’s the Worst That Can Happen
Meet You Separately
Life has a way of changing our best laid plans – such as the plans you had when you purchased your house. Whether it's a job layoff, illness, or divorce, sometimes the plans you had to live in your house for years to come just aren't workable any more, and it's time to sell. If ... Continue Reading » about Meet You Separately