Archive for 'Eviction' Category
Whether Krugman is right in today’s New York Times, predicting a massive bailout between $450 billion and $3 trillion at taxpayer expenses, or the “free marketers” have their way and let everyone collapse, or some people finally get it and move toward a consensus of policy that forgives everyone their transgressions but keeps them in […]
The New York Times just published an article today summarizing a detailed 580 page report showing that KPMG, the auditor for Century Financial (now defunct) expressly approved a change in accounting method that allowed the company to show a profit when under normal accounting rules the company would have shown a loss. Implicitly this shows […]
McCain’s Folly The solution to the liquidity crisis continues to be a political agreement between government, business, borrowers and investors in which the obvious factors are directly addressed — overvaluation of home values, overvaluation of creditworthiness, and overvaluation of CMOs. Any plan which does not address those factors will merely be an attempt to sweep […]
Mortgage Meltdown: Socialized Losses and Expenses The root of any solution to the current credit crisis and meltdown is politics, which is simply a consensus of opinion. When people consent to an idea like “free market” it seems to work because we make it work. The fact is that we don’t have a free market, […]
Here is an email I sent to a victim of the mortgage crisis: So you are in Chapter 13. Do you have a lawyer? There are some options in bankruptcy court that might be available under current law. The two that I have in mind for you, without any details, are the availability of “cram […]
There was an interesting study published in the Economist (March 15, 2008 pp 83-85), a conservative news magazine read around the world, that disclosed an incredibly close correlation between the “rule of law” and the health of the economy. It turns out that laws, rules and enforcement create a culture of integrity, civility and good faith. […]
Thanks everyone for the comments. Just to clarify some nuances that are peculiar to this situation, here are some more thoughts. 1. No lender is going to file anything against this plan unless it forces them to take more of a loss today than they already are looking at. EVERY lender will do anything that […]
Cut, paste, fill in the blanks and send it in along with your request that the filing fee be waived because of financial hardship. Just google the Supreme Court of your state and send it in. xxxxxxxxxxxx, Sui Juris Citizen of the State of Arizona Address. City, State ZIP […]
Bear Stearns Deal and What it Means In the absence of someone filing the leadership vacuum now, we must use the rules of civil procedure to slow down the foreclosures, evictions and bankruptcies. We need breathing room if we are to avoid a depression, or if one is coming anyway, to at least keep it […]
Several people have emailed me regarding what to do with their investments. I am not Warren Buffett and I don’t have a crystal ball so what I say here should be checked against other knowledgeable analyses. Keep in mind that most people are full of s–t. Everyone thinks they are a genius in an up […]


