Saturday, November 21, 2009
GUEST
COLUMNIST The contractor checklist
Can you stop
If you’ve got a home project on the horizon, keep these
foreclosure?
tips in mind when hiring help
Cece Honaker
By Kit Davey
Realtor
CTW FEATURES
COLDWELL BANKER
CRIMSON SKY REALTY
H
ave you been yourself experiencing
ignoring the financial difficulties. For
T
he real estate
market is
showing signs
of life, but you
warning letters example, when you get laid
still may not be
and telephone off or fired from your job,
comfortable jumping back
calls from your bank? If schedule an appointment to
in to buy or sell a home.
you are, you may find meet with your lender and
Perhaps changing the look
yourself in the middle of a develop a plan before any
of your space without
foreclosure crisis. What problems arise. At the very
changing your address is
will you do? Where you least, communication
more up your alley. If
will live? Can you afford to should be made when you
you’re looking into
move? Before you let fear start receive intent to
tackling a home-
take over, it is important to foreclose notices. Even if
improvement project this
know that foreclosures can you have a sign on your
winter, keep these
be stopped. Although this
home stating that the
suggestions in mind when
process is not easy, it can
foreclosure process has
hiring a contractor for
be done.
officially begun, you can
your job:
It is advised that you
still talk to your financial
Hire a licensed, bonded
speak with your financial
lender as soon as you find See GUEST, page 2 See LIST, page 2
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