via What Is Pre-Foreclosure and When Will Your House Be Repossessed?

Pre-foreclosure, Lis-pendens, default notice…these are not words any responsible homeowner wants to read or hear, no matter what. Suddenly faced with a loss of one’s home and often largest asset, a pending foreclosure is not a situation anyone wants or even should handle alone.

When faced with such a crisis, it’s important one engage the help of a qualified, licensed professional able to provide options that go beyond “we buy houses”. Including a short sale, lease options and more, armed with enough information, a true professional will find there many ways to help a homeowner in distress delay if not avoid a foreclosure, if only they’d ask early in the process. Unfortunately, and though most who receive a pre-foreclosure notice will find a way out, too many that don’t run out of time. No man is an island.