Private Party Loan with Collateral
My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: Texas
I'm not sure if I selected the right category and I'm sorry if I didn't.
My husband and I signed a contract with a friend of ours who loaned us the money to buy a car and to buy a few other things that we needed to make a living. We put up two cars and my husband's tools.
We have been paying on the note for 2 years. The note says that we will pay interest and it includes an amortization sheet. A few months ago our friend passed away and his (we call her "wife" but they were not married) is now handling the note. The loan was for 3 years. My question is this, if for some reason we cannot continue to make the payment, will we have to forfeit all the collateral? The note is more than half paid. In my thinking, if we just gave the "estate" one of the vehicles which is valued at more than the total balance we should be even.
Am I thinking incorrectly? I would not think it's fair if we had to give up all of the security since the value of both cars and the other things are valued at far more than the note ever was to begin with.
Also, the new person handling the note claims that we have to pay a per diem of interest instead of monthly and that we owe more interest. The contract does not state a per diem interest rate and there is no late payment penalties.
I'd just like to know where I stand with the law on this so that I am prepared when she comes to create issues.
Thank you for any help you can give me
Re: Private Party Loan with Collateral
You would have to forfeit whatever collateral is rewuired to compensate the lender a like amount of what you owe. You can try to negotiate a settlement such as you have described. They may be receptive since they have to wait out the term of the contract for a final pay off if they don’t.
the estate is under no obligation to accept some or all of the collateral to settle the loan if they choose not to.
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if for some reason we cannot continue to make the payment, will we have to forfeit all the collateral?
Conceivably. All of the collateral is pledged for one loan. Default and it's up to the creditor, not you.
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The note is more than half paid. In my thinking, if we just gave the "estate" one of the vehicles which is valued at more than the total balance we should be even.
Am I thinking incorrectly?
Yes.
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I would not think it's fair if we had to give up all of the security since the value of both cars and the other things are valued at far more than the note ever was to begin with.
Fair is where you go on rides and eat cotton candy. You have a contract. You're bound by it. You have to live with the decision you made at the beginning.
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Also, the new person handling the note claims that we have to pay a per diem of interest instead of monthly and that we owe more interest. The contract does not state a per diem interest rate and there is no late payment penalties.
For that you can tell her to pound sand. You pay monthly according to the amortization schedule. That's all you owe.
By the way, continue to make your payments but make your checks payable "To the Estate of __________." That's important.
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My husband and I signed a contract with a friend of ours who loaned us the money to buy a car and to buy a few other things that we needed to make a living. We put up two cars and my husband's tools.
Please describe how you "put up" the cars and tools and how this was documented.
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if for some reason we cannot continue to make the payment, will we have to forfeit all the collateral?
Probably not, but it's impossible to answer this question without the answer to the question I asked above and without reading the loan contract and related documentation.
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In my thinking, if we just gave the "estate" one of the vehicles which is valued at more than the total balance we should be even.
If the vehicle is worth more than the loan balance, then you would not be "even."
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the new person handling the note claims that we have to pay a per diem of interest instead of monthly and that we owe more interest. The contract does not state a per diem interest rate and there is no late payment penalties.
Who is this "new person"?
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You would have to forfeit whatever collateral is rewuired to compensate the lender a like amount of what you owe.
This is true, but only if the lender properly perfected a security interest in the collateral. It's entirely possible that the "putting up" of collateral by the OP was completely meaningless.