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Hi! We have a $20K lien filed on a property owned by Debbie Outlaw, and have sent a follow up notice of intent to foreclose. There are 4 other notices / liens reflected on your system. I have little to no confidence in payment anytime soon. I have been approached by Southern Commercial Collectors Assoction www.sccaglobal.com with an offer @ 20% fee contingent on collection. They have also offered to litigate @ $3500 if need be to enforce payment. I'm wondering if this is a good approach or if there are any better alternatives? Thanks!

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Sep 18, 2020
I'm sorry to hear about all the troubles you have been having. Traditionally, there are 4 steps to take after filing a Mechanics lien. 1. Send a copy of the mechanics lien to everyone 2. Communicate with person most likely to pay, & then call the property owner 3. Send a Notice of Intent to Foreclose 4. File foreclosure lawsuit It seems as though you have completed the first 3 options, yet you can still proceed with the foreclosure lawsuit. Once you sent the notice of intent to foreclose, you should mark a reasonable amount of days (typically around 7) on your calendar for them to respond. If you find it to be worth it, send another email or make another phone call. If the date you made for them to respond by comes and goes and there is still no payment plan set up, it's time to move onto Step 4 - File a foreclosure lawsuit. Most mechanics lien claims get paid before a foreclosure action is ever required, yet there are some unfortunate instances when none of the above measures work and foreclosing on your lien claim is necessary! Escalating a lien claim to a foreclosure action is successful at getting most debts paid. To file a foreclosure action you will need to hire an attorney, because it is a lawsuit after all : Texas Construction lawyers I hope this helps!
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Sep 19, 2020
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Sep 19, 2020
yall need to get a few humans
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