I am a fan of Matt Weidner. Like a breath of fresh air he understands the full implications of the false claims of securitization, the fraudulent foreclosures, the fraudulent reporting by banks to regulatory agencies and the false statements of financial condition they report to the SEC. Best of all he has maintained his sense […]

Tags: due process, EQUAL PROTECTION, Matt Weidner, perjury
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Every lawyer defending Foreclosures has heard the same thing from the bench just before a ruling in favor of the pretender lender — the homeowner did not meet its burden of proof and therefore judgment is entered in favor of the “bank.” The fact that the pretender lender is a bank makes the judge more […]

Tags: acceptance of offer of loan, consideration for loan contract, enforcement of loan contract, loan contract, offer of loan, quasi contract, Wells Fargo manual
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Kudos again to Jim Macklin for sitting in for me last night. Excellent job — but don’t get too comfortable in my chair :). Lots of stuff in another mini-seminar packed into 28 minutes of talk. A big point made by the attorney guest Charles Marshall, with which I obviously agree, is don’t admit the […]

Tags: appraisal fraud, bankruptcy, borrower, disclosure, foreclosure, foreclosure offense, investors, Lender Liability, securitization
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In the financial world we don’t measure just the amount of principal. For example if I increased your mortgage principal by $100,000 and gave you 100 years to pay without interest it would be nearly equivalent to zero principal too (especially factoring in inflation). A reduction in the interest rate has an effect on the […]

Tags: credit default swaps, guarantees, inflation, insurance, interest reduction, loss sharing, lowering your payments, PRINCIPAL REDUCTIONS, term of loan
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I have frequently commented that one of the first things I learned on Wall Street was the maxim that the more complicated the “product” the more the buyer is forced to rely on the seller for information. Michael Lewis, in his new book, focuses on high frequency trading — a term that is not understood […]

Tags: appraisal fraud, bailout, countrywide, disclosure, Fannie, foreclosure, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, FORECLOSURE SETTLEMENT, fraud, RESPA, securitization, TILA audit
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Click to tune TONITE in on The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Thursdays LET’S PROCEED STEP BY STEP. – Based upon actual documentation filed with the SEC 1. let’s assume that the mortgage is defective because it was not perfected. The note described a party who was not the creditor […]

Tags: 10-K annual report, assignments, date of assignment, date of transaction, Fannie Mae guarantee, Fannie Mae Master trustee, mortgage bonds, payments on behalf of investors, payments to investors, Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Prospectus, Servicer advances
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