If you are seeking legal representation or other services call our South Florida customer service number at 954-495-9867 and for the West coast the number remains 520-405-1688. In Northern Florida and the Panhandle call 850-765-1236. Customer service for the livinglies store with workbooks, services and analysis remains the same at 520-405-1688. The people who answer the phone are NOT attorneys…[...]
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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! WHY ARE THE BANKS FIGHTING TO GET AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE FROM EACH "FAILED" LOAN? A drama is playing out in the state of Massachusetts. Bank of America is pretending to be the lender or the authorized servicer or both. But it outsourced the task of dealing with borrowers seeking modification. The company that was used is…[...]
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Forcing Modification on a Reluctant Servicer
Jul 3, 2013
DON'T FORGET THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SERVICER WITH WHOM YOU ARE DEALING (THE SUBSERVICER) AND THE MASTER SERVICER WHO IS CALLING THE SHOTS ON BEHALF FOR THE INVESTMENT BANKER. DEMAND PROOF OF WHO IS HANDLING THE MODIFICATION, WHO IS ASSIGNED AND WHO THEY CONSULTED. After interviewing Danielle Kelley on the issue of modification, there is a lot…[...]
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Danielle Kelley, Esq., is a senior litigation partner in GGKW (the law offices of Garfield, Gwaltney, Kelley and White with home offices in Tallahassee and branches in South Florida and Central Florida), now liberated from the administrative duties associated with running a law practice. Focusing her attention on litigating her cases, the results are getting better and better. Her latest…[...]
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THE MYTH OF FORECLOSURE SINCE 2001: "why would the banks foreclose unless they had to? The banks don't want the homes and they don't want to foreclose. The banks just want to get repaid for a legitimate loan." There is a natural tendency to believe that the bank would not be in the courtroom seeking a foreclosure in the absence…[...]
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Editor's Note: There is something happening here and it is beginning to bother me more and more. A number of people have attempted to file papers in the county recorder's office in order to preserve their ownership rights to property that is either in foreclosure or has been the subject of a foreclosure sale. As I've stated on these pages…[...]
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Az Attorney General Gets It! Precisely Wrong
Jul 1, 2013
Nothing could have said it better than these words from the chief law enforcement officer of the state. He said it because he meant it. And he was sort of right in a twisted way. And he was expressing the frustration of all three branches of government together with nearly everyone including the borrowers. The words were "assuming no underlying…[...]
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Neil F Garfield, July 1, 2013: Modification "experts" are criticizing what they see on this site. It gives them the willies to think that they are participating in a fraud or enabling a fraud when they modify a loan with someone who doesn't own it. So lately they are saying that the articles here have been discredited in court decisions…[...]
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Call in and ask questions: https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/s/?view=att&th=13f8fedaa7af0881&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=769b2943-c02d-4305-a586-1356d0456696&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P_DCkgli0FzdgKNROgb7CGn&sadet=1372509323342&sads=1tTrekRDYIBgvYQNSfys6ACI9N8&sadssc=1 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/senkalive/2013/06/30/you-can-write-off-our-homes-but-were-still-here-1 LISTEN: Danielle Kelley is rapidly ascending to the position of one of the leading foreclosure defense attorneys. She is a partner in Garfield, Gwaltney, Kelley and White a law firm based in Tallahassee, the state capital of Florida. The firm is expanding its presence throughout Florida and provides extensive litigation support to attorneys…[...]
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Major banks [WELLS AND CITI] have reportedly made proposals to the Fed on how to pay for the restructuring of large financial institutions that collapse, with the idea being to avoid the chaos that followed Lehman's bankruptcy. Among the suggestions, the largest financial-services holding companies would maintain combined debt and equity equal to 14% of their risk-weighted assets, which would…[...]
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