Greetings, thought I'd make my first post by getting right to the point. I've been to that Guru's workshops. Or someone with the same strategy. I think the logic of getting the deed is to keep the homeowner from going off and refinancing or selling after you've put in your hard work and patience with the bank. It also forces the bank to deal with you, and keep you in the loop, since you are the legal owner of the property. The goal is for the bank to reduce the loan balance assuming that you, the new owner will refinance and cash them out. The instructor also mentioned that sometimes the bank will allow you to assume the reduced loan, and/or give you better terms. As far as the Due on Sale clause, I believe the idea is that the bank is already at a disadvantage since the borrower is several months behind. What is the bank going to do? require the borrower to cash them out, when they can't even make the payments?