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It’s not just a really good brief, it is a good resource. I recommend everyone read it. While it is specifically and powerfully directed against MERS, it also attacks the heart of the securitization scheme in terms of its effect “on the ground.” You can learn a lot about the mortgage mess just by reading […]
VICTORY IN MONTANA: PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ISSUED AGAINST MERS, RECONTRUST, AND COUNTRYWIDE Today, May 25, 2010, 4 hours ago | Jeff Barnes May 25, 2010 A Montana Circuit Judge entered a preliminary injunction yesterday enjoining MERS, Recontrust, and Countrywide from undertaking any action to sell, encumber, or transfer the borrower’s property during the pendency of the […]
Therefore they cannot convey any interest in a note, mortgage, debt or obligation since they expressly do not own it and in fact openly disclaim it. And stating the obvious the decision says that that note is payable to a specific payee. It must therefore be endorsed by that payee for it to be transferred. […]
The true answer is that securitization is a process that is still on going and not an event.The Real Party in Interest (and the real amount of principal due, if any) is in a state of flux hidden by obscure, hidden or “confidential documentation.” Don’t make it your problem to unravel it. Use your strength […]
GMAC has failed to demonstrate that it is the holder of the Note because, while it was in possession of the Note at the evidentiary hearing, it failed to demonstrate that the Note is properly payable to GMAC Once the securities have been sold, the SPV is not actively involved. IN RE WEISBAND In re: […]
From Dan Edstrom: Department of Justice Press Release For Immediate Release April 16, 2010 United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of California Contact: (916) 554-2700 Stockton Real Estate Executive Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging at Auctions of Foreclosed Properties SACRAMENTO, CA—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney of the Department […]
There is a lot of conflicting opinions about this. My opinion is that the confusion arises not from the law, not from application of the law and not from what is written on the note or deed of Trust. If you look at the Bellistri Missouri case the issue is well settled. And the problem […]
33-801. Definitions In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Beneficiary” means the person named or otherwise designated in a trust deed as the person for whose benefit a trust deed is given, or the person’s successor in interest. [Note that this does not include a nominee like MERS. There is a reason for […]
From Max Gardner – QUIET TITLE GRANTED Bellistri v Ocwen Loan Servicing, Mo App.20100309 Mortgage Declared Unenforceable in DOT Case: NOTE DECLARED UNSECURED “When MERS assigned the note to Ocwen, the note became unsecured and the deed of trust became worthless” Editor’s Note: We know that MERS is named as nominee as beneficiary. We know […]
Editor’s Note: Here is the problem. As I explained to a Judge last week, if Aunt Alice pays off my obligation then the fact that someone still has the note is irrelevant. The note is unenforceable and should be returned as paid. That is because the note is EVIDENCE of the obligation, it isn’t THE […]


