September 23, 2020 "Lessons From the Last Recession: How I

September 23, 2020 "Lessons From the Last Recession: How I Saved My Home from Foreclosure"

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by Kristen Bahler Thirteen years ago, Thomas Nitzsche was working night shifts in the customer service department of a global financial services company — tasked, mainly, with helping clients wire cash from credit cards to casino ATMs in the wee hours of the morning. Nitzsche lost that job when the 2008 recession rolled around, and as a brand new homeowner, he had to fight tooth and nail to keep from losing a lot more.

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