I am current on my mortgage and pay at least 2-3 weeks in advance every month. Last January (1/2010) I was laid off and immediately contacted GMAC Mortgage to let them know of my hardship. They asked me if I could borrow money from family! I managed to stay afloat for a little while but slowly became more and more behind. I contacted GMAC again asking about perhaps a load remodification or -something- to handle my hardship until I could get back on my feet. I turned in the small book that was the application and waited to hear back. I called them after 5 days and was told it took 7-10. After day 7 I called every day until finally 2 weeks later I was informed my application was declined because I did not have enough income. Seriously? I was pretty much being set up for forclosure except that I landed a new job. I contacted their company and set up a repayment plan. I asked them "Will this plan make it so that as of August 1st I am current 100%?" I was told 'Yes'. I was also informed that they would continue to report I was delinquent to the credit bureaus AND I would continue to assess late charges. I was fine with this so long as by August I was current again and had everything back on strait.
I was paying nearly double my old mortgage payment to catch back up. I was eating PB&J every day for nearly 6 months straight and come August I was ready to celebrate. I make my final "huge" payment and come around for the September bill it's still high. I call them up and was informed that it was because all the "Late fees" that were assessed during my repayment plan were then applied to my next bill. This was the first I was informed that would be the case. Outraged and angry there's nothing I could do, GMAC owns my soul.
Here it is February, 2011. I have been current on my mortgage since September. I applied every extra penny I had to make sure I was not only on-time with my mortgage but I flat out pay early. This month I get a bill that has a $147 in misc "other" charges with no explination. I call them up and was informed that whenever you pay over 45 days late they tack on an Inspection Charge.
Why weren't these charges assessed when I was actually late? Why did they wait another YEAR before assessing these charges? It sounds like a major scam to me.
I am at the point where I have to call GMAC every month to dispute or get further explination of one thing or another. I rarely have a statement that is plain and simple "P&I, Escrow, Your Amount Due: BLAH". There's always some miscellaneous fee that they usually take off after I point it out and demand an explination.
This is the worst organization I have ever had the displeasure of working with. I just want to pay my damn mortgage without having to call them every single month. As soon as I am able to refinance I am going to do so and make sure I go through a bank that will not sell my mortgage to GMAC. I think it should be illegal to sell your mortgage without at least the homeowner's consent!