Last year, we spent tons of time with clients to figure if they qualified for a mortgage modification. In 2010 it takes us about 10 minutes and is nearly perfectly accurate. It’s because the banks have become so very standardized and predictable.

Standardized – The Making Homes Affordable Program (MHA) Guidelines have become the standards. Other programs are modeled after the MHA. None of the other programs are as rich and all are harder to get. But the guidelines have become universal.

I say predictable because the sheer numbers of applications has forced the banks to routinize everything – including erroneous rejections – to a point where it is pretty obvious to us veteran loan mod freaks.

You’ll get a mod if 1) you have a typical hardship (income down, expenses upduh!), 2) your loan qualifies (non-jumbo, made before 1/1/09), your ratios are right, 3) you live in the home, and you are in default. That’s not to say that landlords have no hope they just have less likelihood of approval and should have lowered expectations.

Don’t mistake qualifying with getting approved! Thousands of qualified applicants get rejected every day! Being qualified is just the beginning of the journey. You have to know how to navigate this bureaucratic, convoluted, administriviated maze (don’t bother to right-click – I made up that word!). You can’t do that with advice crafted for the masses – advice you get from the banks themselves or from the government. You need to get advice from a source that has actually succeeded in getting throught he maze – time and again.

You should have the advantage of an insider, a street-smart advisor who has been at the game table for a long time. Someone who is unabashadly on your side – not a government entity and certainly not a bank employee or site. If you follow the advice of the government or bank sponsored entities you can only expect to get info tailored for the masses. That’s like going into a street-fight with training in only boxing. You are totally unprepared when the opponant kicks you in the ear! You’ll have to pay for such advice. But, you get what you pay for.

Interested in street-smart tips on Mortgage Modification? Visit Rockwood’s site about DIY Loan Modification at Home Loan Modification

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