[AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread fancypaaantz
My house is techinically a condo, converted in 2004 with the 5 units in the front house. Hard to comp. It is near North Beach, 2 bed, 2 bath, no tax abatement, taxes around 6K (down from 8k- I fought the law and I won). I do not want to default. My understanding is NJ is a recourse state, so I

[AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread oakdorf
I'd appeal your taxes again. Why not. One of the big rushes about when you bought your condo was the quick conversion of 1-5 units in AP to condo ownership. Pre-conversion I had a looked at a couple. The city back then was to quick and desperate and let these happen. So a place like yours

[AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread fancypaaantz
Also note with banks, if you are a total disaster, they have an incentive to work with you, but if you are not, they won't. So, I posed the following to the bank, as a hypothetical... I said, what if I owe say $300K and I find a buyer on my own for $270K. Can I work out a payment plan for the

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread Claire Davids
isn't that what shortsale is though? or even what about a loan modification? both of which i believe destroy credit (i'm not sure the technicalities) and the only way to get them to consdier that is to just stop paying the mortgagebut - i know if you're thinking about something like that

[AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread fancypaaantz
I have not really explored it but my understanding is that if you can pay, they have no incentive to work with you re: short sale or modification. And unless there are dire circumstances, why destroy credit, have tax implications, open youself up to legal action, etc.? I think it is just better

[AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread oakdorf
speak to an accountant. Not a bad move converting it to rental - if you sell you sell and may have some tax beneifts. If you don't sell and want to convert it back to your primary home - it might work out as well. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your

[AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread fancypaaantz
Yes, before I do anything I will have it all researched. The point really, my personal experience is just an example. If this plan comes to be, isn't it just going to be more and more of this with all of our property values getting more and more depressed. We need to adress the other issues

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread Bob Loblaw
the city government makes AP an undespireable place to live. EVERYTHING in AP is about revenue. my drug dealing neighbors get off scott free despite the whole neighborhood complaining, becuase the cops are too busy issuing tickets to care. my neighbor is a volunteer C.O.P. and can't even get the

[AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread fancypaaantz
I hope it works out, re the short sale and I am sorry for your situation. That is why I thought it was funny when I said to the bank, hey,what if I find my own buyer and I do not even ask for a short sale, but I just pay off whatever the difference is monthly, and they said, eh No! I was like,

[AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Bob Loblaw bobloblaws.blog@... wrote: the city government makes AP an undespireable place to live. EVERYTHING in AP is about revenue. my drug dealing neighbors get off scott free despite the whole neighborhood complaining, becuase the cops are too busy

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread cbrianwatkins
: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:04:14 To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos... --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Bob Loblaw bobloblaws.blog@... wrote: the city government makes AP an undespireable place

[AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-21 Thread oakdorf
as for short sales, your story is real. Unfortunately, once you get in trouble, people longer around that want to buy, but if they can hold out, then they do. It's all the loopholes that your lawyers legally use to wipe out your loss with little or no obligaiton - either tax wise (as a gain).

[AsburyPark] Re: unsold condos...

2011-09-20 Thread oakdorf
ps, if you decide to rent, a great credit screening tool for small landlords: http://rentlaw.mysmartmove.com It's a Transunion Product and I'm one of their premiere partners. Kind of had some input into the service Easy to use. Yahoo! Groups