Need to leave manufacturered home in Ohio

[kpratt2006]

What is the name of your state? California

Please help. We are trying to help our son and his wife move back to California from Ohio. He has a manufactured home mortgaged by Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance. The home has no equity and is likely to be worth much less than what is owed. His unemployment will stop soon and has little hope of finding work that will afford him to stay. He has no car, no phone and lives an hour outside of Cincinnati. He has a job opportunity in California, but must be available to work by December 1st. Without this California job, he would probably file for bankruptcy. With the job, he would not be eligible to file. He is not yet delinquent on his mortgage, but will by next week, so there is not a threat of foreclosure at present. He has called Vanderbilt - and no one will talk to him without a return phone number. He has no time or resources to try to sell the home and simply wants to leave Ohio. He is willing to risk foreclosure and consequences to his credit rating, to leave. Is there any way he can surrender his home given the short window he has to get to this job? He would continue to pay the rent at the home park until it is confirmed that he would no longer be respobsible for the rent, but cannot afford to continue payment on the home.Is there some way he can leave this mess without it haunting him forever? Thankful for any advice that might be available.What is the name of your state?

[HUD-1]

He can:
1. Rent it out until such time as the amortization of the loan brings the debt down to a level where he can sell.
2. Work out a short sale with the lender. Or a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. (Normally you have to be delinquent to do this)
3. Get a roomate and/or get a job in Ohio.
4. walk away