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| manner in which we meet our responsibilities is | | | | present you with an unsolicited offer to find a |
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| those consequences will be, and failing to meet | | | | foreclosure, contingent on your transferring your |
| those responsibilities, whether they beat home, on | | | | title to the party making the offer. Once you do |
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| while leaving you still stuck with a foreclosure | | | | |