For those who like what I write but have doubts about what I am saying consider this article that is based upon truth and nothing but the truth. According to a Rolling Stone article published in 2015 by Matt Taibbi, “one of America’s ugliest secrets is that our own whistleblowers often don’t do so well after the […]

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Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the Neil Garfield Show Tonight’s Show Hosted by Neil Garfield Call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays I am nothing if not persistent. 12 years ago my analysis of the real estate market caused me to make a number of conclusions about the real estate market being priced far over value, […]

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Yesterday’s article was about a paradigm shift at the Florida Supreme Court that flipped, for the most part, law that prevented homeowners from being granted attorney fees when they won their foreclosure cases. Today (hat tip to Greg Da Goose) I received an article published by Burr Forman (bank lawyers) that admitted that the ruling […]

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Homeowners are losing to legal presumptions arising from apparently facially valid documents. Thus defensive strategies, tactics and narratives should include a robust attack on the facially validity of the instruments relied upon by parties seeking foreclosure. In most cases the grounds for such an attack are present — but only upon careful reading and review […]

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Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the Neil Garfield Show Tonight’s Show Hosted by Neil Garfield with Charles Marshall and Bill Paatalo Call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays Virtually every document offered by lawyers who purport to represent the banks, trusts and servicers does one or more of the following: Refers to another document without specifically […]

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see NLRG Defending Student Loan Claims First let me say there ARE differences. But mostly you are dealing with the same or similar issues. Who actually made the loan? Who actually owns the debt? Do they have the paperwork or are they faking it? Can it be discharged in bankruptcy? http://www.nlrg.com/legal-content/the-lawletter/contracts-investigating-and-defending-against-student-loan-claims One lawyer wrote in […]

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My personal take on this is that borrowers who receive this form for “forgiveness of debt” should probably send a letter or form of contest to the IRS stating the objection to the filing of the 1099-C. The objection or contest should state, in most cases, that this has been filed by a party who […]

Tags: 1099-C, IRS, tax, TRUTH
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THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED THE RESISTANCE AGAINST FRAUDULENT FORECLOSURES AND EVICTIONS! AND SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE EFFORT HERE AT GTC HONORS, INC., THE LIVINGLIES BLOG, LENDINGLIES.COM, AND THE NEIL GARFIELD SHOW. AFTER 12 YEARS OF DOING THIS IT STILL DRIVES ME EVERY DAY! NEIL F GARFIELD

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Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the Neil Garfield Show WEST COAST Show with Charles Marshall and Bill Paatalo Call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays US Bank is an annoying liar, in my opinion. But actually it isn’t them lying which makes it so annoying. It is attorneys and servicers who are allowed to use the […]

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Worth reading Calf Foreclosure Two-Step (2nd Ed)

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