NOW AVAILABLE OF AMAZON/KINDLE! EDITOR’S NOTE:MY WIFE WILL KILL ME IF SHE FINDS OUT I’VE BEEN WORKING. SHHHHHHHHH. This news is irresistible. MERS is all but dead with this single decision (see below). Here are the salient points: MERS is not a beneficiary even if the mortgage deed or deed of trust states …
See how-to-negotiate-a-short-sale See Michael Moore — Modifications See Template-Lawsuit-STOP-foreclosure-TILA-Mortgage-Fraud-predatory-lending-Set-Aside-Illegal-Trustee-Sale-Civil-Rico-Etc Includes QUIET TITLE and MOST FEDERAL STATUTES — CALIFORNIA COMPLAINT See how-to-buy-a-foreclosed-house-its-a-business-its-an-opportunity-its-a-risk My statements here relate to general information and not legal advice. Generally we are of the opinion that the loan modification programs are a farce. First they end up in foreclosure in 6-7 months …
WHY WE ARE PLANNING 2-3 DAY BOOT-CAMPS AND MANUALS FOR LAWYERS, BOOT-CAMPS FOR FORENSIC ANALYSTS, AND BOOT-CAMPS FOR LAYMEN. IT’S JUST NOT AS SIMPLE AS YOU MAY WANT IT TO BE. NOT EVERYTHING ENDS WELL. THE BATTLE IS ON. THIS JUDGE SAID THE ASSIGNMENT DOESN’T NEED TO BE RECORDED TO PROVE OWNERSHIP. HE’S TECHNICALLY RIGHT, …
Whitley 3rd amended Complaint Whitley order on mtd Taylor Bean Thanks everyone for sending me the full text OF THE OPINION. VERY IMPORTANT CASE. Appraisal fraud, negligence, fiduciary duty, traced up to Taylor Bean. The reasoning in the opinion is at treatise-level. This Illinois Case and the cases it cites opens the door for traveling …
Whitley Case 607 F Supp 2d 885 Denial of Motion to Dismiss Read More »
Thanks to Deontos: Editor’s Note: The logic is simple, basic and the law is old, accepted and “black letter.” No new law is needed to overturn all the foreclosures since 2001, no fancy footwork is required to throw the bums out of court and sue them for the damage they created when they filed false …
SEE Entire Article: porter While concentrating on Bankruptcy Court all of her points are instructive in all types of litigation. “From external indicia, the claims process in consumer bankruptcy cases seems like an exemplar of a well-designed legal system that balances the interests of consumers and industry. The claims rules are unambiguous; all parties typically …
The movement is growing and approaching critical mass. It won’t be long now before everyone — including politicians are singing a different song. The fact is most of these foreclosures are wrong — legally, morally, ethically, politically and economically. Kudos to this fine lawyer who is showing some gumption and outrage — something lacking in …
Another Litigant Who Gets It: Barbara Ann Jackson Read More »
Here it is. On August 28, 2009 the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas rendered an opinion based calmly on existing law and relentlessly applying it to the chagrin of all participants in the securitization scheme. This decision is being examined, cited, analyzed and applied all over the country. MERS was the appellant seeking …
Kansas Supreme Court Sets Precedent – Key Decision Confirming Livinglies' Strategies Read More »
The Reno Class Action attorneys and others, including Elizabeth Warren, Chairwomen of the Congressional Oversight Committee, want to know where this money went, whether it satisfied obligations, and whether the obligations satisfied inure to the benefit of homeowners who purchased loan products from a Ponzi securitization scheme or otherwise. $13 trillion in mortgages were issued …
Where Has All the Money Gone – Short Time Passing Read More »
People have been asking about class actions. With a little bit of help at www.classadvocate.com I have come up with the following list. The one to watch is in Reno Nevada filed by Hager and Hearne. It covers Arizona, Nevada, and California. It has not been certified yet as a class action. I am involved …
By Walter Hackett, Esq. The federal government has trumpeted its Home Affordable Modification Program or “HAMP” solution as THE solution to runaway foreclosures – few things could be further from the truth. Under HAMP a homeowner will be offered a “workout” that can result in the homeowner being “worked out” of his or her home. …
By Brad Keiser For those of you who have been to our seminars, (coming to Southern California next month) You have heard me ask about Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke…”Are they stupid or were they lying when they said everything was OK through out all of 2007 and most of 2008?” You have seen and heard why Neil and I declare …
Another example of why a TILA audit is grossly inadequate. A forensic audit is required covering all bases. Although dated, this article picks up on a continuing theme that demonstrates the title defect, the questionable conduct of pretender lenders and the defects in the foreclosure process when you let companies with big brand names bluff the …
Looking for the Lenders’ Little Helpers By GRETCHEN MORGENSON Published: July 11, 2009 IT is hard not to be dismayed by the fact that two years into our economic crisis so few perpetrators of financial misdeeds have been held accountable for their actions. That so many failed mortgage lenders do not appear to face any …
Looking for the Lenders’ Little Helpers By GRETCHEN MORGENSON NY Times Read More »
“The people running this system remind me of gangsters who manage to walk out of the courthouse with a suspended sentence and can’t wait to get back to their nefarious activities.” “Today’s business model is about making money through tricks and traps.” –Elizabeth Warren Chairman of Oversight Committee There is nothing free or fair about …
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BOTTOM LINE: Use of a nominee causes an irreconcilable cloud on title entitling the homeowner to recovery on his homeowner title insurance policy. If homeowners purchased title insurance, they were at the same time in the same closing agreeing that the names of MERS and Countrywide would be used, for example, but that off-record activity …
Curious "disclosure" by MERS and Countrywide: What is a nominee? Read More »
Many thanks to Alan Baron who has been staying on top of the research. Rand Corporation v Yer Song Moua: Manisy Moua, John Doe, Mary Roe, United States Court of Appeals Filed March 20, 2009. 8th-cir-tila-rand-march-20-2009 Phoenix, Az March 25, 2009. by Neil Garfield. Despite nearly heroic efforts by the banking industry to avoid an …
8th Circuit Comes Down Heavy for Homeowners on TILA Rescission Read More »
The big deal is that it is ONLY the holder in due course who is allowed in court to make claims or enforce any rights regarding the mortgage and note. No servicer (e.g. Countrywide), administrator (e.g. MERS), or trustee has any right to do a judicial or non-judicial foreclosure because they are not the holder …
As reported in the Florida Bar News dated March 1, 2009, The Supreme Court of Florida has received a petition to require foreclosure mediation. The article by Mark D Killian, managing editor states “Contending that prejudgment mediation could save more than 130,000 Florida homes from foreclosure and assist more than 360,000 borrowers,” the plan is …
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Magistrate Chen, in this excellent and simple analysis shows how the middlemen are trying to steal homeowner’s property, defraud investors who put up the money to fund the loan, and abuse the non-judicial and judicial process of foreclosure. See also Judgment Against Ameriquest, Deutsch Bank et al for Rescission, damages and Attorneys Fees at ameriquest-mortgage-company-deutsche-bank-national-trust-and-amc-mortgage-services-inc …
California District Court Magistrate Hits Nail on Head for Standing by MERS and Servicer Read More »
Obama is of course correct in his outrage. Taking hundreds of billions of dollars from the taxpayers to cover the appearances of catastrophic losses and then paying bonuses for good management is over the top by any standards. But neither he nor the media is correct in assuming that that the bonuses were not in …
Those $18 billion in bonuses were earned from hidden profits: The Joke is on Us Read More »
Mortgage market clouds who owns woman’s house Submitted by Jose Semedey — Thank You By CARRIE TEEGARDIN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sunday, January 25, 2009 Twenty years ago, Zella Mae Green bought a modest brick ranch house in DeKalb County with an American ideal in mind. The single mother of four, who raised her children working …
The home you save could be your own In foreclosure crisis, more Americans representing themselves in court By Mike Stuckey Senior news editor msnbc.com updated 4:25 a.m. MT, Wed., Jan. 28, 2009 Luis Molina is not a lawyer and he has never played one on TV. But that didn’t stop him from putting on his …
Sample Link: validatembrsearch.jsp?as_mbrsearch=1006937 mers-membership milestoneplus Sample Response Record: Corporate Name: West Coast Servicing, Inc. Address: 17011 Beach Blvd., #300 City,State,Zip: Huntington Beach, CA 92647 Toll Free Number: (866) 574-2001 Direct Number: (714) 596-6333 Fax Number: (714) 596-6333 Primary Contact: Cameron Clayton Website: http://www.wcrsi.com Member Org ID: 1006937 Lines Of Business: Originator, Servicer, Subservicer, Investor, Document …
