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My partner is filing Chapter 7, how will it affect me?

Posted on: 26th Feb, 2009 12:56 am
my partner and i own investment property and have a tenant living in the property. my debt to income ratio is too high to refinance. what other options do i have? i can make the payments on the mortgage. my name is on the mortgage.
how will chapter 7 affect me since i can't refinance. we live in tn.
Hi ramona,

"can make the payments on the mortgage"

Since you have said that you can make payments I think you should pay off your debt. This will not only save your property, but will save your credit score as well.

If you file chapter 7 bankruptcy, it will hurt your credit by almost 250 points and it will show on your credit report for about 10 long years.

Thanks,

Jerry
Posted on: 26th Feb, 2009 03:32 am
I am not filing Chapter 7 my partner is. Both of our names are on the investment property mortgage. I wanted to refinance to remove his name from the mortgage loan.
Posted on: 26th Feb, 2009 05:29 am
Hi ramona,

If your partner files bankruptcy, your credit won't get affected. If you want to remove your partner from mortgage you can ask your partner to sign a quitclaim deed and then request the lender to take his name off the loan. You can also consider doing a Novation agreement.
Posted on: 27th Feb, 2009 01:22 am
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