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Avoid Foreclosure by Prioritizing Your Bills

By Expert Author: Nick Adama | Article Abstract
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One of the mistakes that many homeowners facing a financial setback often make is failing to prioritize their bills. Even after they fall behind on a few monthly bills or debt payments, instead of abandoning the least important ones, they typically try to keep on top or just a little late with all of them. This can often be a mistake.

Prioritizing bills and eliminating the least important ones is the first step that borrowers should take when they experience a medical catastrophe or unemployment. If they will not be able to pay all of their bills on time during the time of the financial hardship, then some will have to be set aside while the most important are paid first.

Obviously, keeping food on the table and the electricity on are the most important bills. Payments for basic necessities like groceries and utilities can often be economized during a hardship, but no family can survive long without food, heat in the winter, and electricity.

Second in importance will usually be any bills the homeowners have that involve their employment or business. Car maintenance and repair costs along with gas to get to and from work are both important to keep up on. As well, if the borrowers operate their own business and are still receiving substantial income from it, these bills may take priority over others.

In terms of debt payments, then, the mortgage and any car loans can be prioritized. Of course, this does not mean that homeowners should keep an expensive car or overvalued home if they can trade in either for a used but paid-off car or go from owning a home to leasing, if the financial situation calls for such sacrifices.

Most borrowers will not want to take scarce resources away from their mortgage to pay credit cards, other unsecured debts, or low priority bills. In fact, many bills should be eliminated during a financial hardship, such as cable internet, movie rentals, or gym memberships. Credit cards that go into default can be much easier to negotiate away than mortgage balances, as well.

Of course, one of the easiest ways to reduce both priority and unimportant bills to try attempt to negotiate them down. Cable companies may be able to offer introductory rates to long-term customers, while mortgage companies can provide borrowers with mortgage modification plans. Homeowners should take advantage of these opportunities to try to work out a solution to foreclosure before it becomes a problem.

Any family soon to be facing foreclosure should immediately begin to prioritize their bills, paying attention to the ones most important and which ones can be reduced or eliminated. It also makes sense to begin haggling with every company to reduce rates or payments, even temporarily, which can help borrowers stop foreclosure, bankruptcy, and a whole list of other financial troubles.
Nick Adama

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Nick publishes daily articles on the ForeclosureFish website, which aims to educate homeowners on how they can avoid foreclosure while they still have time and resources available. Visit the site today to read more about preventing the loss of a home and recovering from a financial crisis, and download an e-book explaining the basics of the foreclosure process, http://www.foreclosurefish.net

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Article Submitted: 2009-04-13 | This Article has been viewed 17 times.

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