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When the slump in the real estate industry started to result in millions of homes entering foreclosure, there is another group of people who faces big problems in the form of taxes. These are the buyers who have purchased second and even third homes for investment purposes.

During the most recent housing boom, there were a lot of individuals who purchased homes for their retirement. There were also those who took advantage of the good market conditions and offers of hybrid loans to purchase properties that they will rent out for added income. Today, most of these people are staggering under the weight of huge monthly mortgage payments. Some of them even face the loss of their primary homes to foreclosure since they could no longer keep up with all their mortgage debts.

One couple, Jesus and Lilia Garcia of Linden California who bought another property for investment and used their primary home to back their purchase, found them selves paying monthly mortgage dues amounting $2,700. Previously, it was just less than $1000.

Such increase in their mortgage dues is no longer manageable and they have been unable to meet their obligations for several months now. They have accepted the fact that they might lose both their homes to foreclosure. To make matters worse, they found out that they will be paying huge taxes once these homes are foreclosed because their mortgage debts are now bigger than their homes current market value. The difference between these two is considered taxable income under the law.

In order to avoid this huge tax obligation, owners should try negotiating with the lender so that it would be agreed that the foreclosure will fully satisfy all loan obligations. Of course, this tactic is not guaranteed to be accepted by the Internal Revenue Service or hold up in court.

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