Patrick Giunta, Esq. brought this case to my attention. Here is a case between the famed Florida Default Law Group, who reached distinction amidst accusations of fabricated documents, and an ordinary borrower represented by a St. Peterburg trial lawyer, John R. Cappa, who apparently knows the timing and content of the right objections. The result […]

Tags: business records, cross examination, involuntary dismissal, proof of default, proof of right to enforce
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In the search for a magic bullet, many pro se litigants and even attorneys have ended up perplexed by laws and rules regarding an action to Quiet Title (frequently misspelled by pro se litigants as “Quite Title”). The purpose of this article is to add some context to the discussion and some reasons for my […]

Tags: cancelation of instrument, HOLDER, holder in due course, holder with rights to enforce, NULLIFICATION OF INSTRUMENT, quiet title, Romero, statute of limitations, statute of repose, SunTrust
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The general practice of the servicers and trustees is to disclose a list of as many as 35 possible witnesses so that the Defendant homeowner cannot possibly perform due diligence investigation, deposition etc. The Judges got wise to this and agreed that disclosing 35 witnesses, 34 of whom you do not intend to call, is […]

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Patrick Giunta brought this article to my attention. He practices in South Florida and I co-counsel cases with him. Although there are some errors in facts and I have some differences of opinion with the writer, I think the article is a MUST-READ for anyone effected by “securitization” — especially foreclosure defense attorneys. If nothing […]

Tags: mortgages, privity of contract, promissory notes, securitization, splitting the notes and mortgages, UCC
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Ghost of notary comes back from death and notarizes thousands of documents. Read all about it — Dead Notary Signs After Death Besides the obvious fact that the notarization is defective there is a deeper question of why anyone would need to falsify documents if the loans were real. One can imagine a case or […]

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Martha Coakley gets it. Read her letter. Being a politician she does not say that the abstract fear of strategic defaults on all loans across the board is absurd. Well, actually she does say it. Principal reductions and ending patently illegal policies preventing homeowners from buying back their own property at auction are at the […]

Tags: AMGAR, discovery, Fannie Mae Master trustee, Freddie Mac, hardest hit fund programs, LITIGATION, modification, short-sale
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It is important that the content of the report dealing withservicer advances be argued strenuously.Servicer advances have been received by the creditor, thus reducing the amount the creditor is expecting to be paid. Hence there should be reduction in the amount that is due from the borrower — to the extent thatactual payments have been […]

Tags: default, notice of acceleration, notice of accleration, Servicer advances
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Jim Macklin and Dan Edstrom did a great job of packing a great deal of information into 28 minutes of talk time on the Neil Garfield Show last night. I am taking a couple of weeks off the show to do some common follow-up procedures to my heart surgery two years ago. Jim Macklin stepped […]

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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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Several people are issuing statements about servicer advances, now that they are known. They fall into the category of payments made to the creditor-investors, which means that the creditor on the original loan, or its successor is getting paid regardless of whether the borrower has paid or not. The Steinberger decision in Arizona and other […]

Tags: broker-dealer, creditor, investment bank, Investor, mortgage loans, pooling and servcing agreement, Prospectus, Servicer advances
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