Our Challenge to YOU:
Realtors® can make or break government program to
rescue distressed homeowners
One million Realtors challenged:
Americans are fighting an economic battle. The U.S. Treasury Department estimates that as many as 9 million homeowners may face foreclosure in the next 36 months. While this is a different kind of threat than Americans faced during World War II, today’s economic meltdown also threatens the American dream. In the 1940’s, Rosie the Riveter, a fictional character immortalized by government posters, rallied American women and recruited more than two million into the war-time workforce with a “We Can Do It!” campaign.
We are challenging YOU, over a million Realtors® (men and women) to help save America’s embattled homeowners from foreclosure and severe credit damage.
Two Common Short Sale Myths
Short Sale Summit 2009
“Get involved. Get trained. Get to work.”
The government has created the Making Home Affordable Program (MHA) offering foreclosure alternatives to homeowners suffering economic hardship. Over 85% of all loans fall into the MHA program. But many complain that the government’s “we can help” message isn’t getting out fast enough to homeowners in distress.
America’s million-plus Realtors® are the missing piece to ensure the program’s success. Lenders and servicers are being trained now, but an army of informed Realtors can help spread the word, point homeowners toward the right resources, and assist them when a sale can’t be avoided.
Realtors must be knowledgeable about the new Making Home Affordable process, guidelines, and paperwork. Otherwise they are working at cross purposes to the foreclosure prevention campaign. If the Making Home Affordable Program is to succeed, if the American Dream is to rise again from the economic battlefield, America’s Realtors must rally.
Get involved. Get trained. Get to work.
Rosie the Riveter couldn’t say it better.
