Foreclosure - How to Manage Personal Budgeting in an Emergency Situation

With a record number of homes entering the foreclosure arena, many homeowners are now facing the need for serious management of personal budgeting in an emergency situation.

The first step is always your spending priorities. Cutting cable television is a good example. Cut all non-necessity items. You need to concentrate on only paying for food, shelter, utilities, and transportation at this point. Clothing can usually wait. Your insurance should be kept current if possible, and if you are using child-care to earn your income, that would fall under a necessity.

Ignore the phone. If you are getting calls from creditors you will have to ignore them for now. Focusing solely on the payments outlined above is critical. It does not matter who is calling you. Taking money from the list of absolute necessities to pay the people who are calling to stop their collection efforts could be a grave error.

The painful step that most people ignore is making your list of household income and expenses. This step cannot be overlooked, and you may be surprised at the amount of spending going to an item that you can certainly live without, at least in the short-term.

Desist on saving by temporarily putting a stop on retirement saving, college savings, or the like.

You will need a concrete plan on how to approach your foreclosure based on becoming well informed as to your options, and deciding which strategy will work best for you and your circumstances.

Credit card bills, medical bills, any personal loans or any other type of credit payment will need to be delayed at this point. Remember - ignore the phone.

You can contact your creditors, and for the best results, rather than giving them an emotion-based story, you'll be more apt to get the desired results if you tell them your current situation, what you are planning on doing about it, and roughly when you will be able to pay them. Not paying your credit cards for instance will damage your credit rating, but this is more of a survival situation and your credit rating is not a priority.

For extra income you can sell items around the house you don't need on craigslist.org for instance at no charge. Other really viable additional income options can include working more hours, take on side jobs, or get out from under those large car payments by trading down. You can also always try to get some kind of bank loan to tide you over.

Successful results in an emergency financial crisis will require focus and extreme measures in cutting your spending.

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