Last night, Jennifer Kraus with my local news, NewsChannel5 did a story on a company called dont4close.com. As a part of the NC5 Investigates report Mrs. Kraus chronicled a very depressing story about a family who is loosing their home due to mortgage arrearages and were taken advantage of by a less than scrupulous man who guaranteed he could save their home from foreclosure. As a Certified Home Retention Consultant with Titanium, when I saw the story come up, I was entranced and attempted to understand every detail. Ultimately, the family was facing foreclosure and contacted dont4close.com to help them save their home. Allegedly Charles Jones behind dont4close.com offered the homeowners, the Reynolds, a deal they couldn’t refuse. He offered to pay their mortgage for 1 year and after that time, the Reynolds could start paying him back. Well, to make a long story short, allegedly Charles Jones sold the Reynolds home to a third party, a woman named Gladiz Romano. After some investigative work by Mrs. Kraus she found Mrs. Romano who admitted she bought the house but has never made a single payment for the home or ever even visited the home. In closing, NewsChannel5 offered up some “tips” on how to prevent other homeowners from being in this situation. One of the tips they offered was, “If you face foreclosure, stay away from businesses that guarantee to stop the foreclosure process, require you to sign over your property deed or pressure you to sign papers you don't understand.” Web link for full story…. http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=9815589&nav=menu374_2_2 As a HRC, Realtor and concerned citizen, I totally agree with the statement but, what bothered me was, the story left it there…..they didn’t go further. They didn’t explain that sometimes banks will send out representatives to homeowners residences because homeowners loose communication with their mortgage servicers and they (the servicers) don’t have any other choice. I am sure this oversight was simply due to a lack of knowledge that a legitimate process does exist to preserve homeownership or at the very least avoid foreclosure so, I wrote an opinion editorial to Mrs. Kraus and hopefully will be able to address my concerns with the story but, either way, it’s important that those of us who work hard, legitimately, morally, ethically do what we can to create positive news worthy stories and get the message out, we are here to help!
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  • I went to the dont4close.com site and found this:

    "DONT4CLOSE.COM encourages you to do your homework when deciding who to work with. DONT4CLOSE.COM would like to make clear to you and commit that at no time will DONT4CLOSE.COM or any of its representatives ask you for any funds out of your pocket, period. We will NEVER ask you to sign over your home without proper funds paid to you or to your lender. We will NEVER ask you to create “phantom” or fake second mortgages. We will never “INFLATE” the value of your home. We do not “flip” properties. We do not use “STRAW” buyers. We will NEVER ask or try to get credit or a home loan using your credit without your consent. We will NEVER disclose your private information to any business or individual. DONT4CLOSE.COM will never sell, solicit, persuade, deceive, convince, or pressure you or anyone in working with our company."
    http://dont4close.com/
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