Administrative Law is one of those areas that interest only academics like me. It isn’t sexy but it carries BIG teeth. Sometimes it is easier to crack the shell of the titans by an unexpected move where you win hands down and there isn’t much work to do. It’s kind of like taking down AL […]

Tags: administrative law, false and deceptive, felony, Florida Bar, Florida Supreme Court, grievance, imprisonment, license, private right of action for damages, Quicken Loans, regulatory board, RESPA, table-funded, TILA, Unauthorized Practice of Law, UPL
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why-you-should-attend-the-discovery-and-motion-practice-workshop VISIT LIVINGLIES STORE FOR FREE VIDEOS AND OTHER RESOURCES START WINNING CASES!! May 23-24, 2010 2 days. 9am-5pm. Neil F Garfield. CLE credits pending but not promised. Register Now. Seating limited to 18. INCLUDES LUNCH AND EXTENSIVE MANUAL OF FORMS, NARRATIVE AND CASES. An in-depth look at securitized residential mortgages and deeds of trust. […]

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The Ocwen Court provided an example for clarity: “Suppose an S & L signs a mortgage agreement with a homeowner that specifies annual interest rate of 6 percent and a year later bills the homeowner at a rate of 10 percent and when the homeowner refuses to pay institutes foreclosure proceedings. It would be surprising […]

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In my opinion, the growing anger at Wall Street is giving Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon another chance at misdirection. They are using the current popular angst to steer the debate into whether derivatives and synthetic CDOs should be banned. In the end they will win that debate, and they should win it. What they […]

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REGISTER NOW FOR DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICE WORKSHOP (2006) Here is a case that should not have been filed (entire text of opinion below) and was argued improperly. The homeowners clearly lost because they put their eggs in the wrong basket. Nonetheless, the opinion is a pretty good compilation of the various statutes, rules and […]

Tags: 1039 (10th Cir. 2006), 1110 (10th Cir. 1991), 1112 (10th Cir. 1991);, 12 C.F.R. § 226.1(a), 12 C.F.R. § 226.23(a)(3, 1244 (10th Cir. 2006)., 15 U.S.C. § 1635(b), 1565 (10th Cir. 1991)., 2005 WL 106792 at *1-*3 (N. D. Cal., 2005)., 207 F.3d 458, 438 F.3d 1036, 442 F.3d 1239, 462 (8th Cir. 2000), 935 F.2d 1106, 948 F.2d 1562, Affidavit of Fraudulent Recording of Discharge of Mortgage, Akin & Robb, AMERICAN MORTGAGE SPECIALISTS, CAROL R. ROSEN, certificate, CIV-06-0427 JH/LAM., Cleveland, Colonial Savings, Dickason, Discharge of Mortgage, discovery, EQUIFIRST CORP, Fed R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(c)., Frances Kenny Family Trust v. World Sav. Bank FSB, Hall v. Bellmon, Hearing, HERS, Homecomings Financial, HUD 1/Settlement Statement, Inc., Inc. v. Am. Cas. Co. of Reading, Jan. 19, JUDITH HERRERA, Karla Poe, Kimberly Smith Rivera, McGlinchey Staford, merits, Miller v. Glanz, Moore v. Guthrie, MOTION TO DISMISS, N.M.S.A. §§ 57-12-1, New Mexico, New Mexico Unfair Practices Act, Obligation, Oh, Ownership interest, P.A., P.C., PA, Park Univ. Enter., Pleading, PLLC, Prospectus, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Regulation Z, RESPA, Rhodes & Salmon, Rodey, Sloan, TILA, trustee, Truth in Lending Act, U.S. Bank National Association, United States v. Any & All Radio Station Transmission Equip., William C. Salmon
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SEE MICHELLE REAGAN, ARIZONA STATE SENATE CANDIDATE Finally a politician who puts principle ahead of politics!! Michele Reagan, currently an Arizona legislator, deserves support not only for her campaign for Arizona State Senate, but for her battle with her lender. Her lender, Colonial Savings, decided to sue her for asking too many questions about how […]

Tags: ARIZONA, Colonial Savings, HERS, Michelle, Michelle reagan, Reagan, RESPA, State Senate, TILA
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The Federal Reserve Board has issued an interim final rule under Regulation Z to implement the recent Truth in Lending Act (TILA) amendment that requires new owners and assignees of mortgage loans to notify consumers of the sale or transfer. While mostly helpful in foreclosure defense,  the rule leaves open the question of ownership of […]

Tags: agents, AGGREGATOR, consumer protection, contact information, creditor, foreclosure defense, legal notices, MERS, mortgage backed securities, mortgage loans, principal residence, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Reg Z, resolve payment issues, RESPA, secured, statutory damages, TILA, violation
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 “Without your blog I would not have found the right lawyer in my state.”                                                                                                                              – Meghan in RI “Some of the most rewarding work of my career.”                                                                                                                   – Chris Brown Esq. While we understand the many reasons borrowers pursue their cause on a ProSe or ProPer basis,  it has been our position since the […]

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BTW, I ask about verifying that the ‘Substitute Trustee’ is indeed a TRUST since I saw a post that made a point that any named ‘TRUSTEE’ must really be a TRUST. Quality Loan Servicing was nominated by Litton Loan Service’s employee (via MERS) as the Substitute Trustee in place of ReconTrust. I may have a […]

Tags: beneficiary, BofA, BoNY-MELLON, BoNY-MELLON as the trustee, BREACH, CWABS, CWABS trustee, fictitious assignments, fictitious business name, Investor, lender, Litton Loan Service, MERS, modified payments, mortgage modification agreement, nominal beneficiary, Quality Loan Servicing, ReconTrust, RESPA, Substitute Trustee, successor beneficiary, trust
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I have received a number of reports that “outsource providers” are servicing the foreclosers by creating color copies of documents and submitting them as originals. One report is that the “original” was examined at the courthouse and found to be a printout from a very good color printer. It’s a neat trick and one that […]

Tags: audit, borrowers, disclosure, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, RESPA, securitization
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