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Indymac, One West Bank, and FDIC

You may have already seen this… but they’ve done an update which is PRETTY interesting!

Now, I don’t normally post YouTube videos and such, but this is one that I think we all need to pay attention to since it directly affects our business.

There’s more to this story and I’ve got quite a few “thoughts” on it myself (I actually went to Indymac Bank several years ago to discuss a loan. It had a prepayment penalty on it and we just thought we’d see if they could do anything BEFORE everything spun out of control). They literally refused to even speak to us. Sure, you can say that thy didn’t have to, the person had signed the note, and agreed to it.

That they did… but when everything hit the fan, they lost their house and wound up walking away. Had Indymac WORKED with them way before there was an issue, the homeowner would still have the house and the bank wouldn’t have had another bad debt.

But then again… maybe they had different motives ๐Ÿ˜‰

I’d love to know what you think about this and your thoughts… This is a GREAT discussion point and also can open a lot of doors for you to talk with homeowners and experts on the topic.