Property foreclosure is a situation in which a homeowner is unable to make full principal and interest repayments on his/her mortgage, which allows the lender to seize the property, evict the homeowner and sell the home, as agreed in the mortgage deal. One month after the homeowner misses a mortgage payment, he/she is in default and will be notified by the lender. Three to six a few months after the homeowner misses a mortgage payment, presuming the mortgage is still delinquent, and the homeowner has not made up the missed payments within a specified grace period, the lending company will get started to foreclose. Typically the farther behind the customer falls, the more difficult it becomes to get up since lenders add fees for payments that are 10-15 days late. Each state has its own foreclosure laws in the notices the lender must post publicly and/or with the homeowner, the homeowner's choices for bringing the loan current and avoiding foreclosures, and the method for marketing t...