Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It has nothing to do with not being able to afford, etc., one is paying within the terms of the contract, which says one can pay anytime prior to the 16th with no penalty.
There won't be any late fees charged, but there is a strong possibility you are raising the total cost of the loan by adding extra interest charges for those days past the due date. I don't think I'd use "no penalty" if it makes you pay more money in the long run.
Anonymous wrote:OP: We can afford the mortgage. Had a previous mortgage with Wells Fargo where we had scheduled payments on the 15th. Never got these calls. Never effected our credit - certainly not when we got another mortgage from them.
Anonymous wrote:It has nothing to do with not being able to afford, etc., one is paying within the terms of the contract, which says one can pay anytime prior to the 16th with no penalty.
Anonymous wrote:Yeah...a grace period doesn't mean you don't have to pay it on time...just in a very hard spot that they wont charge you more money. It still effects your credit btw.
Anonymous wrote:Just ask them to change your due date to the 15th. They will change it and your problem will be solved.
Anonymous wrote:I got in over my head about a year ago and seem to recall that the further behind I got, the less frequently I received calls. The notice to default initially came after I was 90 days past due. So I would pay enough that I wasnt 90 days past due. Then when I would get to that point, I would get yet another notice to default, repeat many times. I think that when I finally got past 120 days was when the bank could start foreclosure proceedings, but they never did, I assume b/c I was working on a mortgage modification plan. My mortgage has since been modified and my payments are less each month, so I can afford said mortgage, but the whole foreclosure process wasn't quick at all. I was somewhere btw 30-150 days behind for almost 2 years.
If I had a time machine I never would have taken out as much as I did, but I don't have a time machine.
Anonymous wrote:I got in over my head about a year ago and seem to recall that the further behind I got, the less frequently I received calls. The notice to default initially came after I was 90 days past due. So I would pay enough that I wasnt 90 days past due. Then when I would get to that point, I would get yet another notice to default, repeat many times. I think that when I finally got past 120 days was when the bank could start foreclosure proceedings, but they never did, I assume b/c I was working on a mortgage modification plan. My mortgage has since been modified and my payments are less each month, so I can afford said mortgage, but the whole foreclosure process wasn't quick at all. I was somewhere btw 30-150 days behind for almost 2 years.
If I had a time machine I never would have taken out as much as I did, but I don't have a time machine.
Anonymous wrote:For the people who say that a payment is late if received after the "due date," how do you pay bills that say they are due upon receipt, with a late fee imposed for payments received after 30 days?
I assume you put the check in the mail the same day right?
(suckers)