THANK YOU PAUL FROM ATLANTA: YOU DEFINITELY HAVE YOUR EYE ON THE RIGHT BALL. And then there is this one which described the scale of the Wall Street schemes that brought all of us to this point. People are just starting to realize that they are all citizens of the same country and that if financial firms put the fix…[...]

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Tags: Bernie Madoff, credit-default swap, Hampton Sheet, HARRY Markopolos, insurance, Joan Jedell, NY POST, Ponzi, whistleblower
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NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON KINDLE! THE PHONE RINGS. YOUR NERVES ARE JANGLED. YOU KNOW YOU ARE "LATE" IN YOUR PAYMENTS. PROBABLY ANOTHER COLLECTION CALL. FEAR COURSES THROUGH YOUR VEINS LIKE ACID TOGETHER WITH A RISING TIDE OF EMBARRASSMENT. SO HERE IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. First of all if you look up the collections firm, mortgage servicer,…[...]

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Tags: collection, debt validation, Fed, FTC, illegal collection practices, OTC, Pressler, qualified written request, treble damages, usury, walk away strategy
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The untimely death of Mark Pittman at age 52 from "unknown" causes has provoked notions of conspiracy and murder. I can neither debunk nor corroborate such theories. It's fair to say that Pittman was one of the most serious threats to the financial oligopoly that now has our government in a death grip. It is also fair to say that…[...]

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THANK YOU DAN EDSTROM: Hats off to Dan for explaining the logistics of how additional people were added toy our deal, that you have a  right to know who they are and how their addition to your deal changes everything. Here is what he said: So the homeowner gave an unconditional promise to pay. The “investors” who purchased securities from…[...]

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Tags: additional parties, bankruptcy, co-obligors, condnitions to payment, Dan edstrom, disclosure, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, fraud, Lender Liability, obligor, predatory lending, securitization, trustee, unconditional promise to pay
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NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON KINDLE!! Pursuit vs. UBS Drills Down to Real Benefits to Intermediaries While Real PARTIES -- Investors and Homeowners -- get the shaft UBS090909 This is a case of an investor suing the underwriter of the mortgage backed bonds purchased as "investment grade securities." As we have pointed out on these pages for two years, the underwriter…[...]

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Tags: CDO, disclosure, discovery, flow of documents, follow the money, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, fraud, homeowner, investment grade securities, Investor, Lender Liability, Morelli, motions to compel, pattern of deception, predatory lending, Pursuit, Pursuit v UBS, securitization, Stamford Court, TILA audit, trustee, UBS
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NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON KINDLE! MERS and Countrywide v Agin Trustee D Ct Mass Aff'd B Ct on Avoidance Mtg 20091117 NOTE FROM EDITOR SEEKING HELP: Rumor has it San Diego has stopped all foreclosures. I need this corroborated or debunked quickly. Can I get a little help here? The case in this POST comes out of Massachusetts where the…[...]

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Tags: audit, countrywide, disclosure, expert, expert witness, fabricated documents, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, forensic analyst, forensic review, forged documents, Massachusetts, MAX GARDNER, MERS, MERS v Agin, Mortgage Avoidance, mortgage securitization, securitization, title insurance, TRO, trustee
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I think Bob Herbert of the NY Times wrote today what will be eventually seen as the most important article on the financial crisis. We've seen it before --- the children of the great depression, children of the holocaust, returning veterans from WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. Now it's the financial meltdown.We ignore it at our peril. All these…[...]

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Tags: children of the financial holocaust, education, financial crisis, home, hope, household, parents, trust, unemployment
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Editor's Note: This might not be as far-fetched as you think. Median income is dropping like a rock. Housing prices have historically been closely related to median income. I don't know about the percentage drop, but another crash in real estate values seems likely. median income is still out of whack with housing prices indicating an "adjustment" of very substantial…[...]

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Tags: appraisals, credit crisis, disclosure, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, fraud, housing prices
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Ken McLeod has the figures on this, having done detailed statistical analysis, and capable of testifying as an expert on the usual outcome of these sales. The important point being "why would the "bank" let the property go for 60% of distressed market price --- even to an insider?" Answer: because it is all a game to them. The money…[...]

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Tags: bankruptcy, Chapter 13, disclosure, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, fraud, Lender Liability, securitization, trustee
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From Steven Kop: Like Florida and other states, the laws already exist to penalize the pretender lenders. The question is whether the public will rise up and force the enforcment of these laws and use them to discredit the worthless paper issued by the participants in the securitization chain. CALIFORNIA CODES PENAL CODE SECTION 470-483.5 470. (a) Every person who,…[...]

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Tags: disclosure, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, fraud, predatory lending, quiet title, rescission, securitization, trustee
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