The issue is jurisdiction. Lawyers filed papers for AWL but AWL was dissolved as a corporation. The lawyers countered with the allegation, on appeal, that AWL was a fictitious name for Countrywide without specifying the location of CW. Hence no diversity of jurisdiction could be supported by the allegations in the notice for removal. The claim of diversity was not…[...]

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Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the Neil Garfield Show Tonight’s Show Hosted by Neil F Garfield Call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays Fraud can be a very effective claim or defense. But it is not an easy claim. Fraud must be both pled and proven clearly and convincingly. Some view the burden of pleading and proof as unfair when compared…[...]

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Attacks on technical deficiencies of assignments of mortgage is a great place to start, but it is not the finish line. This is a follow up with the radio show we did last week on cancellation of assignments of mortgage, and upon successful cancellation of the assignment(s), the further cancellation of the notice of substitution of trustee, the notice of…[...]

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DiTech was not a lender. It was a sales agent or loan broker. Nonetheless a new agreement has been executed in which major creditors of DiTech are resurrecting the illusion that the current use of the DiTech name is sufficient to establish ownership of the debt, note or mortgage on any loan that was "originated" by DiTech. This is nothing…[...]

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As a quasi government agency Fannie Mae is forced to be forthcoming about its role in lending. But the wording of disclosures mostly come from Wall Street investment banks. In the latest description of Fannie's current activities the wording is carefully crafted to avoid referring to ownership of the debt, but the substance is the same. By shifting the 95%…[...]

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LISTEN TO SHOW * Hi Neil Garfield here and this is Thursday April 11th, 2019. Transfer of ownership of a debt means a purchase and sale of the debt and with it, in the form of an assignment of mortgage, the right to enforce the debt by judgment for damages or foreclosure. Bill Paatalo will join me in a moment to discuss cancellation of the assignment and related documents.…[...]

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Small business owners should think about what happened to homeowners when they failed to get advice of counsel and failed to get advice from a financial adviser. Millions of homeowners lost their homes, their reputation and suffered permanent damage to their financial identity. Many ended up in divorce, suicide and stress related illnesses. The pressure from the lender to accept…[...]

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Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the Neil Garfield Show Tonight’s Show Hosted by Neil F Garfield and Bill Paatalo Call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays see https://livinglies.me/2019/04/11/cal-3d-dca-wrongful-foreclosure-you-can-cancel-the-assignment-notice-of-default-notice-of-sale-and-reverse-the-sale/ Tonight Neil Garfield and Bill Paatalo discuss the issues in revealing void transfers of debt, note and mortgage (or beneficial interest). The Rainn case in California stands for the proposition that a complaint is…[...]

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This decision "Not for publication" takes one more step toward unravelling the false claims of securitization that resulted in millions of fake foreclosures over at least 15 years. The pure nonsense being peddled by Wall Street investment banks still remains as the underlying basis for assumptions and presumptions that are contrary to fact and contrary to legal and equitable principles.…[...]

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