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Mar 1, 2010

Editor’s Note: The decision about flight or fight is deeply personal and there is no right answer. The decision you make ought not be criticized by anyone. For those with the fight knocked out of them the prospect of taking on the giant banks in court is both daunting and dispiriting. So if that is […]

Jan 31, 2010

See Judge Long’s Decision – Make sure you shepardize 384283_Ibanez Larace motion to vacate memorandum Oct2009Misc 384283 and Misc 3867551 when a foreclosure is noticed and conducted for one party by another, the name of the principal must be disclosed in the notice. the plaintiffs themselves recognized that they needed assignments in recordable form explicitly […]

Dec 4, 2009

The business case for taking, handling and litigating residential “mortgage” cases has been proven over and over again. Unfortunately most lawyers are ignoring this opportunity. The latest estimates are that it will take 6-12 years to clean up this mess and I think that is very conservative. My analysis shows that it will take the […]

Nov 18, 2009

Several comments have been posted in addition to other information about MERS which is bringing the entire MERS issue over the brink of the absurd. Who, what where is MERS? Write in with your MERS stories. Take note that we are dealing with at least four entities that I am now aware of —MERS, MERSCORP, […]

Jul 31, 2008

Go Davet GO!!!!!! The Court House:
 How One Family
 Fought Foreclosure By AMIR EFRATI
December 28, 2007; Page A1 BEACHWOOD, Ohio — Faced with the threat of foreclosure, many homeowners give up and abandon their homes. Then there’s Richard Davet. He and his wife, Lynn, lived in a six-bedroom home in this Cleveland suburb for nearly 20 years […]

Jun 22, 2008

OHIO STATE COURT CANCELS FORECLOSURE SALE AND STAYS FORECLOSURE CASE FILED BY TRUSTEE FOR BEAR STEARNS ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES ON FILING OF FEDERAL ACTION AGAINST BEAR STEARNS AND ITS BROKERS AND OTHERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL TRUTH-IN-LENDING ACT, FEDERAL REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ACT, CONSUMER PROTECTION STATUTE, CIVIL RICO, FRAUD, AND OTHER RELIEF In another historic […]

Apr 16, 2008

  By slowing down the progression of foreclosures in the courts, judicial sales and bankruptcies, states can effectively bring the fall of housing to a point of equilibrium where at least the opportunity will arise for recovery. It is distinctly possible, particularly with the effect of inflation and devaluation of the dollar, that the numbers […]