See also provident-bank-v-silverman-super-duper-explanation-of-ucc-transferres-holders-and-holders-in-due-course-and-perfecting-title-to-note-or-mortgage KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid Totaled Cars and Totaled Mortgages - Credit Default Swaps – CDS – 101 By Brad Keiser OK this article is for those newer readers and tenured Livinglies devotees as well as those who have attended Al Pacino’s(oops I mean Neil Garfield’s ) workshops and are not quite yet fluent in Garfieldeese…[...]
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Credit Card Companies Willing to Deal Over Debt Bank of America says it eased off on more than 700,000 credit card holders in 2008, lowering interest rates and some balances. By ERIC DASH Published: January 2, 2009 Hard times are usually good times for debt collectors, who make their money morning and night with the incessant ring of a phone.…[...]
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January 4, 2008 info@aztreasury.gov Dear Mr. Martin: The Arizona Republic reports today that you and others in government have asserted that the State of Arizona is about out of cash. Others have described the state as "broke." What you are missing is one very large receivable due to the state and county governments --- hundreds of millions of dollars in…[...]
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Would You Pay $103,000 for This Arizona Fixer-Upper? That Was Ms. Halterman's Mortgage on It; 'Unfit for Human Occupancy,' City Says By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS AVONDALE, Ariz. -- The little blue house rests on a few pieces of wood and concrete block. The exterior walls, ravaged by dry rot, bend to the touch. At some point, someone jabbed a kitchen…[...]
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Superb Complaint piercing the heart of Deutsch Bank’s authority to collect money, file suit, seeking recovery of property and money through receiver and damages against the lawyers who filed the foreclosure suits. whittiker_v_deutsche_bank_complaint In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, eastern Division, Case no. 1:08CV300, Judge David D. Dowd, Jr. Whitaker v Deutsch Bank et…[...]
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Happy New Year! We have much to talk about this year as we push forward. By all accounts, the economy, the dollar, the foreclosures, the job situation etc are all getting worse by the minute. Even if Obama is a magician it will be 2 years before there is a glimmer of hope. The homeowner aid programs are window dressing.…[...]
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Trustee for Investors: Powers and Limitations (with livinglies annotations)— Critical in Your Presentation in Court
Dec 31, 2008
The complete Trustee powers from a standard Pooling and Servicing agreement: Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee. The Trustee, before the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. In case…[...]
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From Comments: Literally 2 years out of Bankruptcy we were granted an 80/20 loan on stated income. I found that our appraiser, has had his license revoked for multiple violations including inflation of a property within 20 blocks of our residence. Furthermore, it was determined that an appraisal review fee was paid to First Franklin in the amount of $100.00…[...]
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Motions for Summary Judgment: Just the Facts Ma'am
Dec 30, 2008
Question: Mr. Garfield, you have just answered another question. The Plaintiff just filed for a "summary judgment" on the grounds of this matter supposedly not being contested. I sent them back a motion of opposition with affidavits and the court's docket contradicting their allegation. The motion is set for a hearing on January 6th which I also requested continuance along…[...]
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1. It isn't illegal or prejudicial to a plaintiff trustee’s case for it to have acquired rights or be assigned a mortgage AFTER a borrower is in default --- but it DOES raise issues of fact that must be heard by the Court. Since the Mortgage went into default there are several possibilities: (a) under the pooling and service agreement…[...]
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