Our blog is about keeping builders with growing inventories that are being beaten on by the banks from stepping in it.The sole purpose is to have a place to tell your story and to read those of others. We do not want to bash, but to make a place to see there are others out there. Share the stories and methods that worked and ones that brought on more headaches….the ones that did not. We have lived through some pretty tough scrapes by holding strong. Not wasting precious resources by fighting the institution or defending the act of not paying our obligations, but by showing the aggressors that this is not a market that any one builder or person caused. Showing them that we did not cause this and that we share the problem with the banks. It is up to them to notice that we are not going to just roll over because they beat on us. Stand tall, help your brothers stand tall, and for Petes sake, when they take swings at you, don’t just take it. Push Back.Post your story under one of the topics and share your story, you can remain anonymous but please, take the survey, share some of the tools that worked for you to keep alive.


Monday, September 22, 2008

From: Elvis [mailto:wheresthebottom@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 10:07 AM
To: 'The Mom'
Subject:What am I doing now?
Ok lady, you are on the road to recovery.
When you owed as much as we did we filled out 50 of those packets or more.
The phones ring 18 hrs a day.
Next people will be killing a rain forest worth of trees to send junk mail on bankruptcy, tax, short, investor, realtor, nit wits.
Your phone will not stop for a while.
Let X handle the banks, there is nothing more you can tell them or do for them.
No more working for free. Use the homes to your advantage and as leverage.
Keep your head straight, and for Christ’s sake finish those packets.
No hiding, no tricks, and if someone suggests you fraud just to save a thing, fuck them, it just aint worth it.
You will be surprised by the time the real estate is gone, many of the collection efforts will have gone with them.
You are smart, you will have more things.
Don’t forget family, they are the backbone of your survival.
A soldier can only fight if they have something to fight for. Your family looks to you for leadership and needs you strong.
When the coast is clear, then and only then will the coast be clear.


From: The Mom [mailto:themom@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 9:29 AM
To: 'Elvis'
Subject: What am I doing now?
Hello there.
Are you ever grateful for caller ID? Well I sure am! I have been barraged (sp) with now way tooooo many get out of debt voice recorded solicitations. People must think I’m a real nice person when the phone rings, I look at it, tell it to shut the hell up and stuff it back in my pocket. Oh, she only answers the important calls! Needless to say, I have a big phonebook!
Anyway, the bank. Pacific Continental is offering me deed in lieu if I take another note, which I won’t, so they are giving me 30 more days to sell the house and get the heck out.Bank of the West, hasn’t talked to me since July. Too bad for them.
I met with a pretty awesome attorney the other day, who not only is a specialist (in bankruptcy) but at least looked at my scenario and created a game plan for escape.
What am I doing now?!
I’m filling out these damn short sale packets and forwarding them to XXXX XXXXX!!
Then…………….
I get back in the saddle and work on my life, my career and my MONEYMAKER!!!
Mom
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