The letters make it sound already decided. It usually isn’t.
A missed mortgage payment starts a process with steps, waiting periods, and paperwork — not a switch somebody flips. Casey Constantine is writing the plain-English version of that process: what happens, in what order, and what you can still do at each point. It will be free to read.
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What the first release covers
The timeline, with real dates on it
Where a notice of default sits relative to an auction, what a servicer has to do before each step, and how long the gap between them usually runs in your state.
The doors that are still open
Reinstatement, forbearance, modification, short sale, deed in lieu, bankruptcy. What each one costs, who qualifies, how long it takes, and what it does to your credit afterward.
How to read the letters
Line-by-line walkthroughs of the notices lenders send, so you can tell which sentences are genuine deadlines and which are collection language.
Who to call, and who to hang up on
Finding a HUD-approved counselor without paying for it, plus the shape of the rescue offers that end with someone else holding your deed.
If there is already a sale date on your calendar, don’t wait for this site.
A HUD-approved housing counselor will go through your options with you at no charge, and they work with servicers’ loss-mitigation departments every day. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau keeps a searchable directory of them at consumerfinance.gov.