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I would file an 11. No plan payments in 30 days like there are in a 13, and you can file a liquidating plan. 362 is not a huge issue if there is a lot of equity.
in most cases, at the initial status conference, if you have a broker employed, the judge will consider the case moving forward to a positive conclusion, but don't sit on it, hire the broker immediately.
If you file a 7, you give away all of the work to the trustee and the trustee's lawyer. File the 11, make the motion to hire a broker, make the motion to sell, then file a fee app, as long as the property sells, you will get paid.
But, truthfully, if you get a broker hired by the debtor and the broker contacts the lender, as a previous commenter said, the bank may just postpone the sale and let the debtor sell. if not, file the 11.
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> On Dec 7, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Kirk Brennan kirkinhermosa@gmail.com [cdcbaa] wrote:
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>> I've found foreclosing lenders to be reasonably cooperative in agreeing to postpone foreclosure trustee sales after submitting a requests for postponement with a copies if the listing agreements and a showing of an equity cushion.
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I've found foreclosing lenders to be reasonably cooperative in agreeing to postpone foreclosure trustee sales after submitting a requests for postponement with a copies if the listing agreements and a showing of an equity cushion.
Best luck
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> On Dec 7, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Nicholas Gebelt ngebelt@gebeltlaw.com [cdcbaa] wrote:
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> A potential client called with an interesting scenario. She has no unsecured debt. She has very little income. The reason she called is a looming foreclosure. She has a fair amount of equity, but insufficient time to sell the property. My thought was to put her in a Chapter 7 and have the Trustee sell the property. In so doing she would get more time in the house and her $100,000 exemption. However, because she has no unsecured debt she would, in essence, be hiring the Trustee as her real estate agent. Would a Chapter 7 filing be considered a bad faith filing?
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Some Chapter 7 trustees would sell the property. Certainly I would in this scenario.
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On Dec 7, 2015, at 13:25, 'Mark J. Markus' bklawr@yahoo.com [cdcbaa] wrote:
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Trustee probably won't sell the property if there's no unsecured debt.
Might be better to try a Chapter 13 case to give her time to sell herself and pay attorneys fees from the sale. I'm told there is such a thing as a "liquidating Chapter 13", although I've never done it. Done in Chapter 11 all the time.
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On 12/7/2015 1:18 PM, Nicholas Gebelt ngebelt@gebeltlaw.com [cdcbaa] wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
A potential client called with an interesting scenario. She has no unsecured debt. She has very little income. The reason she called is a looming foreclosure. She has a fair amount of equity, but insufficient time to sell the property. My thought was to put her in a Chapter 7 and have the Trustee sell the property. In so doing she would get more time in the house and her $100,000 exemption. However, because she has no unsecured debt she would, in essence, be hiring the Trustee as her real estate agent. Would a Chapter 7 filing be considered a bad faith filing?
Thank you for your thoughts,
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Some Chapter 7 trustees would sell the property. Certainly I would in this scenario.
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Nick,
Trustee probably won't sell the property if there's no unsecured debt.
Might be better to try a Chapter 13 case to give her time to sell herself and pay attorneys fees from the sale. I'm told there is such a thing as a "liquidating Chapter 13", although I've never done it. Done in Chapter 11 all the time.
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I have done several Chapter 13 cases like this. No problems. Just file a motion to sell.

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