New Mexico home no more… The original foreclosure sale was rescheduled due to a fairly rare snowstorm. I was happy to get extra time to get the short sale approved. The lender wasn’t willing to talk to us though. So the home went up for sale at the foreclosure auction yesterday. Today I found out […]
Larchmont Foreclosure Sold at $199K after Failed Short Sale
[Banks lost at least $130,000 on me. Talk about my consequences on the show and comments here.] Some of you already know about this, but the Larchmont REO property was sold by the bank for $199,000 on May 11th. See the provided MLS screenshot. I lost the Larchmont property to foreclosure on February 27th, 2007. […]
Facing Foreclosure As Seen on TV and San Francisco Chronicle
Here is some media coverage of “I am Facing Foreclosure .com” from last week. Both the TV and the newspaper coverage is a good recap of my story – for those who haven’t read the rest of the blog yet. First, San Francisco KRON Chanel 4. Thanks to Maureen Kelly for coming out to Sacramento […]
From the “Publisher” of Casey’s Foreclosure Book…
[Begin guest post from the “Publisher”] Warning: this will be a lengthy post, but will answer many questions people are dying to know. In light of Casey shutting down his blog, turning it back on, his last several posts and people’s comments, the need for many clarifications are apparent. Casey had asked me to create […]
Facing Foreclosure on NPR Radio and KFI AM 640 Los Angeles
My Facing Foreclosure story was on National Public Radio yesterday morning, and on KFI AM 640 talk show in Los Angeles last week. If you missed it, just click the links below to listen. NPR: Loose Credit Standards Boost Real Estate Woes … KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles: I was on the John and […]
Dallas Finally in Escrow… I Think
Wow… this took a lot of back-n-forth but I finally have a cash buyer for the Angleridge Dallas property. It went into escrow today, but there are still a couple of issues. I will have to tell you the history on this deal another day – why I bought it, what went wrong, how I […]
Motley Fool: Greed Makes You Stupid
Here is an article about me in Motley Fool from about two weeks ago. It was written right after I took the blog down for a couple of days. I just recently found the article and want to re-post it here. I think it’s pretty interesting. The author thinks I am just greedy flipper. 24 […]
No Judging! Just Surviving and Helpin’
I did some thinking and realized that I’m getting side-tracked. My original goal was to: 1) Write about my experience facing foreclosure and how I am dealing with it and… 2) Help Over-Extended Borrowers – tips on how to stop foreclosure, save the home or sell it fast, decide when to file bankruptcy, getting out […]
Casey Serin / Foreclosure Mention in Stern (German)
I was mentioned in Stern, a German magazine. The reporter that interviewed me sent me a copy. I got it a few days ago and wanted to share it here. [The reporter sent me a package with Stern and two accompanying publications, see above. One looks like a TV guide.] The problem is I can’t […]
All You Have to Do Is Ask. Sweet!
Wow… I’m blown away! What a blessing! After last post and the email blast to my mailing list I received an overwhelming positive response! I already had like 700 emails to process, now I’m going to have several hundred more to go through. But there is gold in my inbox… so it’s all good! Sweet […]
Casey Serin Facing Foreclosure on Wikipedia – a Defense
I’ve been watching the Casey Serin entry in Wikipedia get written over the last couple of months. It’s obviously written by my critics but they say they are trying to keep an “encyclopedic tone” (see the discussion tab). The problem I have is that the entry is highly skewed toward making me look bad. So […]
Banned from Google for Click Fraud
You may have noticed there are no more ads on this blog. That’s because my Google AdSense account was disabled yesterday for violating the terms of service: Hello Casey Serin, It has come to our attention that invalid clicks and/or impressions have been generated on the Google ads on your site(s). We have therefore disabled […]
#6 Foreclosure Search on Google, Talking Foreclosure Book
And it’s organic! Don’t have to pay a penny (dirty or not). Now I just have to do something good with it. Like figure out if people are looking for how to stop foreclosure, or to research foreclosure process/laws or to buy foreclosures. Probably a mixture of all of those. So the demand is there. […]
Burdett Short Sale approved at 248K
Got the word back from the bank on the Burdett property in Sacramento regarding the short sale. Quick review: I bought the house a few months ago (Jan 4th, 2006) for 295 with 100% financing. So, I owe 295. At the time, the property would appraise for 315 or more. Now it’s worth 275 based […]
Nine to Five at My Rich Dad’s Office
Blogging for the first time from the office My high school friend, Rich Dad’s son Yesterday, was my first full day at my Rich Dad’s new office. He just bought a larger office building to expand operations. I was offered free office space and mentoring. There is no salary but I will get commission for […]