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How Can a Secured Creditor Repossess Collateral Without Breaching the Peace?

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When a borrower applies for a loan, most lenders require the borrower to pledge an asset as security for the repayment of the loan, i.e. collateral. In the event the borrower defaults, usually by failing to make loan payments, a secured creditor has a right to take possession of the collateral. 679.609, Fla. 2d 1020, 1024 (Fla.

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How Lenders Can Avoid Losing Their Collateral by Paying Off the Borrower’s Property Tax Obligations

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How Do Property Taxes Result in Loss of Collateral? If the borrower is delinquent in paying its property taxes, a tax certificate may be sold for the past-due taxes, which could lead to a tax deed sale of the collateral. How to Get a Deficiency Judgment After a Foreclosure Sale.

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SBA Loans: How to Maximize Recovery by Liquidating Personal Property

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When a small business association (“SBA”) loan is converted to liquidation status, the lender must begin liquidating the collateral. The “Recoverable Value” is “the net dollar amount that a prudent lender could reasonably expect to recover by liquidating a particular piece of collateral.” See SOP 50 57. Liquidation Methods.

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SBA Loans: How to Maximize Recovery by Liquidating Real Property

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When a small business association (“SBA”) loan is converted to liquidation status, the lender must begin liquidating the collateral. If the collateral is real property, the lender must liquidate all parcels of real property that has a Recoverable Value over $10,000. See SOP 50 57.

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How to Maximize Recovery on a SBA Loan by Negotiating a Workout Agreement

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In the event a borrower is seriously delinquent on making payments under a SBA loan, or the SBA loan is classified in liquidation status, lenders and CDCs must develop a prudent and commercially reasonable strategy to maximize their recovery on the loan. 60 calendar days), the lender/CDC must move forward with liquidating the collateral.

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Foreclosing on Property With a Mobile Home

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Lenders will usually be faced with two situations: (1) the mobile home existed at the time of the mortgage, and is identified in the mortgage documents as collateral; or (2) the mobile home did not exist at the time of the mortgage, and is not identified in the mortgage documents as collateral. (1)

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What Lenders Need to Know About § 702.036 and the Finality of Foreclosure Sales

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Therefore, if the foreclosing lender buys the collateral at the foreclosure sale, it should obtain title insurance because it is possible that the sale could be invalidated and the collateral returned to the borrower’s ownership. 702.036(2). When Can the Foreclosure Sale Be Invalidated? 90 CWELT-2008 LLC v. Conclusion.