Do not be afraid to use your lifeline - ask your mortgage company for help. - By: Billy Alverado

Now- a-days the worst thing you can do in the case of financial hardship is to not ask for help. If you are finding you are having difficulties paying your mortgage payments, do not attempt to find the solution to the problem alone. Select to use "your lifeline". Let the bank know you are having problems.

All mortgage companies offer mortgage modification programs that may help you. However in order to access these programs you will need to "use your lifeline." This is the first step in getting help and usually the hardest one. No one wants to admit they are having problems. You are not alone in struggling with your pride and trying to resolve your problems by yourself, but do not allow your pride to be the reason you and your family are homeless. It is pertinent that you contact your mortgage company before you get so far behind they can not help you.

When you call the mortgage company ask for the 'troubled loan' department, or for the 'hardship' counselor. Be precise in your explanation of your problem. Explain all of your financial obligations that have effected your situation. List medical bills, and anything else that might justify your delinquency. Make sure your reasons add up to the amount you are behind. After all knowing these problems will help your 'hardship' counselor help you.
Your mortgage company will have several options available. One option will be a mortgage modification. This modification may include extending the life of your loan or lowering your interest payments. Another option may be to attack your late payments to the end of the loan or providing you with a short period of forbearance.

While your particular mortgage company will have it's own unique options to your problem, they will want to help you. They would rather you remained in your home making modified mortgage payments than to have an empty foreclosed house sitting on the Real Estate market for years.

If your mortgage is FHA you will probably qualify for government assistance.
The absolute worst thing you could do is attempt to handle the situation without asking for help. You can not ignore your mortgage company and expect them to go away. So do not be afraid to use "your lifeline", after all no one likes to be ignored.

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