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Real Estate Foreclosure and Your Mortgage Financing Options

Foreclosure is one of the risks involved in engaging in business or owning a property if financing comes from a lender which can be a bank, an institution, family and friends and any agencies that can provide the needed amount. Owning a home is one of the needs that man desires to fulfill but with the present situation of the world, money will always be involved. The same is true for entrepreneurs who want to venture into the business they want. Along the process they can either be a success or a failure, a winner or a loser. Foreclosure happens when the debtor fails to pay his mortgage. A mortgage is defined as a temporary, conditional pledge of property to the creditor to ensure performance of the obligation to pay for the debt. The mortgage or the security interest in the property gives the creditor the right of foreclosure or the legal right to keep the collateral together with other proceeds to recover the amount invested or loaned. If ever the property is less than the amount owed, a deficiency judgment can happen. Deficiency judgments result from a lawsuit filed by the creditor against the debtor. Foreclosure and deficiency judgment can stain the debtor's credibility which can make it difficult for him to secure a loan in later years.

Financial setbacks which make the debtor unable to pay the amount involved can lead to foreclosure. It may lead to fear, depressions and anxiety but it is one of the bitter and painful truths that the debtor must face as consequence to the risk or action taken. However they might not allow such situations like foreclosure to keep them down. It can be their first reaction but they must still go with the fight. There are many ways to solve the problem and so are the ways and means to handle foreclosure problems. The first thing that the debtor can do to get away with a foreclosure is to borrow money from people around him. It could be his friends, relatives and family. One or more persons can be involved in the loan contract. In case the debtor is involved in such kind of contract, his co-signer could be the first person to help him get through the foreclosure mess. Two heads are better than one so in that case they can make plans to survive foreclosure problems.

Another possible solution to prevent foreclosure is to make a deal with the creditor or the lender. Once the debtor is tangled in financial problems, he must immediately call or make a letter to inform the agency or the lender. You may have second thoughts of informing your lender of your situation but they can be of help to prevent foreclosure of your properties especially if it is the home which has became a part of your life. Financers reap the fruits of the money they lend by collecting the principal and the interest payments and not by foreclosure. They may have necessary adjustments to help you get through the foreclosure. The "Loss Mitigation Department" of the agency you borrowed money from handles such situations. They can adjust the time frame to give you a chance to gain control over the situation and avoid the foreclosure.

There are several means that the lender can do to help you prevent foreclosure. They can have a postal claim, mortgage modification or special forbearance. A partial claim happens when the debtor is not qualified to have mortgage modification or special forbearance. However the property must be occupied by the owner and the debt or income ratio requirements must be followed. Mortgage modification can allow the debtor to extend the time frame of the mortgage loan. The monthly payment can also be reduced. Special forbearance happens when a repayment plan is done considering your financial condition. So, as you can see, there are many options to avoiding foreclosure.

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Becoming Radiant: Boost Your Team's Creativity with Mind Mapping

I don't take notes anymore. Instead, I create one wildly colorful, creative and inspiring page whenever I need to make a decision, prepare a presentation, or plan an event. That whole two-column plus and minus approach? Gone.

Bring on the Mind Maps!

I read Tony Buzan's first book on Mind Mapping back in the early eighties, but I was too caught up in the old-school world to see how it could be of use to me. I recently rediscovered Mind Mapping and it has become an integral part of the work I do with clients.

Tony Buzan created the Mind Map concept in the early seventies. Based on his brilliant observation that our brains do not process information in a linear way, Mind Mapping allows us to use words, images, and color in an effort to engage the right side of our brains in what is normally considered a left-brain task: organizing information.

We've already learned that one of the keys to maximizing our potential as humans is to forget that whole right-brain/left-brain divide. Instead of seeing ourselves as a logical person OR a creative person, we're both. We've simply chosen to put more energy into developing skills associated with the analytical left or the daydreaming right. We must recognize that there's a fine line separating analysis from daydreams and that in order to have a fully integrated brain, we need to do both.

We speak in a linear pattern. We can say only one word at a time, and we can hear only one word at a time. Similarly, we read in a linear pattern-words flow in lines across the page.

So when it came time to organize notes and teach the proper form for creating outlines, it's easy to see why we turned to the tried and true linear approach. You know the format: Roman numeral one (I) followed by A, B and C, followed by 1, 2 and 3. We look for things to slot into each line in order to make it fit properly.

In school, we spent hours preparing these outlines for book reports, speeches, and term papers. In our work as adults, we do the same thing with agendas, meeting minutes, and project plans. Orderly lines of information. Black ink on white pages. Empty spaces.

Boring, boring, boring--and not the best way to use our brains.

Along comes Buzan, who says that we would be much better off if we allowed our right brains to get in on the game. So, instead of creating typical linear outlines, Buzan insisted on becoming radiant. He developed the concept of putting your central idea right in the center of the page. Your main points then radiate outward from the center. Each one of these points sprouts its own branches and twigs. He referred to this star-like pattern of ideas as Radiant Thinking.

The beauty of this is that you can see everything on one page. No time wasted sorting through pages. No need to flip through your notes to see your next point or find your conclusion--it's all right there in front of you. No need for extra notes. No energy spent on rewrites.

He didn't stop there. Buzan understood that color is a strong factor in helping us remember, so he encourages us to use different colors for each of the radiant thoughts and sub-thoughts. Instead of using only words, incorporate little line drawings and images to make connections between thoughts.

This is the way our brains work naturally. We don't picture the word B-O-X when we picture a box. Instead, our brains conjure the image. We don't always go from thought A to thought B to thought C. We're just as likely to start with A, then head over to E, skip back to A and then saunter over to R. Our neural pathways look like webs, not straight lines. In fact, the more criss- crossed our connections, the more we're able to synthesize complex ideas and come up with new ways to use old information.

Mind Maps give us an excuse to play. They give us a reason to keep a whole set of colored pens right on our desk for everyone to see. Mind maps allow our thuggish left brains to make friends with our timid rights. For once, there's harmony on the playground!

Use a Mind Map for your next planning session, and watch the reaction. Raised eyebrows give way to smirks, which dissolve into delighted grins. Linear notes become circular masterpieces. Black and white becomes a rainbow. Words become pictures. Workers become creative. Work becomes the joyful collaborative experience it is meant to be.

Grab your markers and become radiant. Your brain is waiting to play!