America’s Home Rescue, LLC (AHR) is a team of licensed real estate professionals with Austin Realty Connection.  In 2002, Michael and Stacy Spickes formed Austin Home Rescue (now America’s Home Rescue), a company that focuses primarily on helping homeowners in pre-foreclosure situations. They are dedicated to educating homeowners on available options to avoid foreclosure and ultimately help them move on with their lives 

AHR has saved hundreds of homeowners from foreclosure through Short Sale transactions.  A Short Sale is a win-win for both the homeowner and the bank… the homeowner avoids the devastation of a foreclosure and the bank avoids the time and expense of the foreclosure process.  A Short Sale is most likely the best choice for a homeowner who is

1. behind on payments,
2. experiencing a financial hardship due to any of the above circumstances, and
3. upside down on their mortgage or has little to no equity in their home.

In this last transaction, an AHR Short Sale Specialist represents the homeowner as their real estate agent and negotiates with the homeowner’s lender on their behalf to accept less than what is owed on their property as payment in full. This service is free to the homeowner, as the lender pays the real estate commissions and closing costs on the homeowner’s behalf.  Truly, this is a win-win for both the bank and the homeowner.

AHR hopes to reduce the foreclosure rate across the Nation by educating homeowners about their pre-foreclosure options and providing viable solutions to enable homeowners to get their homes sold and avoid the devastation of foreclosure. 

The AHR team of Short Sale Specialists is very experienced in successfully negotiating reasonable discounts that allow the homeowner to sell their house quickly.  While these discounts are typically not very attractive for investors, they provide a great opportunity for owner-occupants to buy a home with equity.  The faster the house sells, the greater the chances are of avoiding foreclosure.  AHR also works with the homeowners to gather all the required documentation that their lender requires in order to consider them for the Short Sale procedure. 

All consultations are free of charge and completely confidential. There are several options available to homeowners that enable them to avoid foreclosure. Please refer to our Pre-foreclosure Options under the Our Services section of this website.  AHR wants to help homeowners take control of their situation, however, the longer a homeowner waits to take action, the less options they have to avoid losing their home to foreclosure.   

AHR is passionate about helping homeowners avoid foreclosure in an effort to reduce the foreclosure rate, one homeowner at a time.  Just know that you are not alone! 

Because there is no way that the team at America’s Home Rescue could possibly reach all of the homeowners in need of assistance, Michael and Stacy Spickes, the founders of America’s Home Rescue, also train other real estate agents in how to efficiently and successfully work Short Sale transactions. 

They teach several different Short Sale class formats including a 3-hour and a 9-hour continuing education course for real estate agents.  They also co-authored the book Short Sale Solutions: An Instruction Guide for Real Estate Agents and have several other training resources available for agents interested in successfully working Short Sales.  If you are a real estate agent interested in Short Sale training, please visit our web site for real estate agents at http://www.shortsalesolutions.biz/.