asked:


My mortgage amount is $242,000 how much coverage is needed? My insurance agent is saying I only need $169,000 of dwelling coverage but I think that’s a bit low. If I insure it for only $169,000 and we experience a total loss what happens to the other $73,000 on our loan amount? Do my husband and myself have to come up with the rest? Not sure what to do or where to go to get an honest answer.

Deborah asked:


I have a house I need to get out from under. I may foreclose on it. Or, do a deed in lieu of a foreclosure. I want to file hardship due to the loss of my brother, whose income I depended on to pay for the house. My husband just passed away on the 3rd. I am living in his house. I cannot keep two houses. Can my mortgage company come after me for any money I received as a beneficiary?

FellOffTheWagon asked:


I live in an apartment and they left a note on my door today. It says they need entry into my home for a mortgage inspection. If I don’t leave the door unlocked or make sure the office has a key, they will drill my lock and I will have to pay for it.
What is a Mortgage inspection?
Can they legally drill my lock?
Why do they need access to my apartment? They know what it looks like and what’s in it.

michelle asked:


I work for a contracting company and recently we changed the roof on a house that was damaged by a storm. The insurance company sent a check to pay for the work done on the roof. The check was drawn out to the owner of the house and the mortgage company, the owner told the mortgage company to keep the money from the insurance settlement to pay for his past mortgage payments and now the owner has not paid us (the contractor) and the mortgage company refuses to hand over the proceeds to us (the contractor), when the roof has been completely repaired. Is this legal?

Charles C asked:


My building suffered damage with a hail storm. The insurance company sent me a check made out to the mortgage company and to me. Now the Mortgage company is holding the funds and I can’t finish the repairs needed. My mortgage payments are up to date.
The repairs are done, the Mortgage company inspected the repairs and they are holding the depreciation check. Would anyone know why?

Susan D asked:


I have a check from my insurance company for hurricane damage. My mortgage company will not endorse the check until the work is done. I need the money to get the work done. How can I get the mortgage company to endorse the check ?