Archives by Tag ' bankruptcy '
Apr 5, 2009

Too many people are looking for an easy way out and reporting that Judge’s don’t like their arguments because they are going into court saying they don’t owe the money and there is no obligation. This argument starts you off on the wrong foot and heads for disaster. The better approach is to start off […]

Mar 18, 2009

Why Show Me The Note Matters —- kudos to the Bankruptcy Law Network By Wendell Sherk, Missouri Attorney on Mar 17, 2009 in Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure, Credit, Bankruptcy, and Society, Featured, Missouri More bankruptcy courts are demanding mortgage servicers prove they are entitled to collect on a mortgage loan note before foreclosing.  The fight over […]

Feb 17, 2009

Great Song says it All- Click to Play: Shuttin Detroit Down cnbc-airs-house-of-cards-closer-to-the-truth-but-not-quite-there-line-up-the-story-of-the-borrower-and-the-story-of-the-investor-and-they-are-the-same civil-disobedience-on-the-rise-as-sheriffs-refuse-to-serve-evictions-%E2%80%9Ci-refuse-to-leave-the-home-that-i%E2%80%99ve-worked-so-hard-to-keep-i-will-not-let-the-bank-take-my-home-and-i-will-not D-Day vet’s tale parallels mortgage meltdown Ex-corpsman, 84, blames ‘greed, greed, greed’ as he faces losing his home By Mike Stuckey Senior news editor msnbc.com Feb. 17, 2009 CERRITOS, Calif. – Questions linger here, as ripe and nagging as the odor that […]

Feb 9, 2009

9th-circuit-invalidates-mortgage-for-failure-to-properly-acknowledge-and-notary-misconduct In considering the actions of the Federal District Court Judge and Trustee below, the 9th Circuit Federal Court of appeals made short shrift of the shell game of the players in the securitization game. In a word, they declared the mortgage invalid. While the facts are different than the home mortgage foreclosure the legal […]

Feb 4, 2009

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation If you owe a debt to someone else and they cancel or forgive that debt, the canceled amount may be taxable. The Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007 generally allows taxpayers to exclude income from the discharge of debt on their principal residence. Debt reduced through […]

Jan 28, 2009

Mortgage market clouds who owns woman’s house Submitted by Jose Semedey — Thank You By CARRIE TEEGARDIN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sunday, January 25, 2009 Twenty years ago, Zella Mae Green bought a modest brick ranch house in DeKalb County with an American ideal in mind. The single mother of four, who raised her children working […]

Jan 14, 2009

Atlantic Article Submitted by multiple readers, I read this as soon as my issue was delivered. It’s true. And to add insult to injury, the answer to the question on everyone’s mind: Where did the money go? $350 billion disappeared down a black hole. The banks and investment banks got the money under the presumption […]

Jan 7, 2009

Gump59 – Why buy performing mortgages? If they are producing income for their owners, why wouldn’t they be held onto? > ANSWER: You’d buy a performing mortgage if you thought that you were buying it at a bargain, guaranteed with Triple AAA rating. If you buy a mortgage note that has a principal balance due […]

Dec 30, 2008

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 […]

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 […]