You Walk Away

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| name = YouWalkAway.com

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| foundation = {{Start date and age|2007}}

| location = San Diego, California

| key_people = Jon Maddux and Chad Ruyle (Co-Founders)

| industry = foreclosure consulting

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| homepage = [http://www.youwalkaway.com/ www.youwalkaway.com]

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YouWalkAway.com, also known as You Walk Away, was a company that helped homeowners facing foreclosure through strategic default. YouWalkAway was based in San Diego, California.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/us/29walks.html |title=Facing Default, Some Walk Out on New Homes |last=Leland |first=John |date=February 29, 2008 |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 22, 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2010/05/11/buying-new-home-havent-sold-old/ |title=Buying a New Home When You Haven't Sold the Old One |date=May 11, 2010 |publisher=Fox Business |access-date=August 22, 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/03/17/focus3.html?page=2 |title=Mortgage troubles leave borrowers, banks in bind |last=Vespereny

|first=Cynthia |date=March 16, 2008 |work=St. Louis Business Journal |access-date=August 22, 2011}}

Jonathan Maddux and Chad Ruyle formed YouWalkAway.com in 2007. The company's goal was to help homeowners navigate through a foreclosure while understanding their options and rights. For a fee, the company provided tools, resources, legal and tax help, and support.{{cite web|url=http://www.youwalkaway.com/about/ |title=About YouWalkAway |publisher=Youwalkaway.com |access-date=August 20, 2011}}

YouWalkAway.com developed a strategic default calculator to help homeowners calculate the savings they might have by getting out of an underwater mortgage.{{cite web |last=Schultz |first=Jennifer |url=https://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/should-you-walk-away-from-your-mortgage/ |title=Should You Walk Away From Your Mortgage? |work=The New York Times |date=January 27, 2010 |access-date=August 20, 2011}} In 2012, YouWalkAway.com launched AfterForeclosure.com to help people discover if they were eligible to buy again after a foreclosure or a short sale.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2013/02/22/they-bailed-on-their-homesnow-they-want-back-in.html |title=They Bailed on Their Homes—Now They Want Back In |first=Diana |last=Olick |date=February 22, 2013 |website=CNBC |access-date=July 27, 2021}}

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