Foreclosure Industry

Excellent Discussion of MERS in August’s Norton Bankruptcy Advisor

This is an excellent analysis of the MERS system. As ForeclosureBlues says, maybe we can all throw away our stacks of documents on MERS, because this is a great all-in-one discussion by bankruptcy judges. I would love to have embedded it right into the site, but I couldn’t get permission to repost it, even though [...] Related posts:

Fannie Mae Says No More Foreclosures in MERS’ Name Check out Fannie Mae’s Miscellaneous Servicing Guidelines Changes for March...
Fraudulent Documents Recorded When MERS Isn’t Involved If you think that your loan can’t possibly have anything...
MERS Finally Takes a Hit Thanks to the Kansas Supreme Court In case you haven’t heard, a Kansas Supreme Court has...

We Told You So…

***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling and Service Agreement*** This blog post appeared on attorney Matt Weidner’s blog today as well as on Foreclosure Blues: “Up Next- The Federal Government is the Biggest Plaintiff in Foreclosure Cases September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Foreclosure Get ready for the next wave [...] Related posts:

Case Law Decisions Draw a Road Map Last week I went to the Maricopa County Superior Court’s...

Falling Prices at DIYMortgageReview.com

Don’t forget to check out our products at www.DIYMortgageReview.com. We’ve created these tools to be affordable for those of you who don’t want to invest in a professional audit. I suggest the DIY Mortgage Review for borrowers. We just dropped the price on this product, and it has everything you need to analyze your own [...] Related posts:

Gas Prices are Falling Fast I live in Los Angeles California and we have some...
Falling Housing Prices Falling home prices are making buying a home more affordable...
The Truth About “Forensic Loan Audits” Part 2 ***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for more resources for borrowers!*** Continued from Part...

Grassroots Efforts Are Paying Off In Florida

***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling and Service Agreement*** Check out this news story about my friends at ForeclosureHamlet.org and Foreclosure Fraud in the news in Florida! They are ordinary people turned foreclosure activists and their efforts are now paying off. This is from the Daily Business Review: “Lisa Epstein, an [...] Related posts:

Florida Foreclosure Law Firms Subpoenaed by Attorney General In case you missed this, I’m posting a copy of...
Florida Mediation Order – Will it Slow the Tide of Foreclosures? This administrative order is from the Florida counties of Pasco...
Florida Strategic Default Workshop Video ***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling...

Attention Lawyers and Borrowers! If You Want to Beat the Bank, Get an Expert Witness Declaration!

***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling and Service Agreement*** I don’t know if most people are looking at what’s happening with the cases that are winning, but they seem to have one thing in common: an expert witness declaration in the mix. The recent Tarantola case in Arizona had an expert [...] Related posts:

Attention Lawyers! Do You Need Help Getting up to Speed with Foreclosure Defense? I’m going to shift my message to the lawyers for...
Fannie Mae Gets Tough on Borrowers Who Walk Away I saw an article this morning about Fannie Mae and...
Introducing Three New Lawyers I’m pleased to introduce you to several lawyers that “get...

Buy-and-Bail Takes Strategic Default to Another Level

***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling and Service Agreement*** I found this blog post about buy and bail, which is a term whereby a borrower qualifies for a loan on a second home and then walks away from the underwater house. I have heard of married couples where only one spouse’s [...] Related posts:

Good Video Debate on The GM Bail Out Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) Pro Bail out: We bailed out...
Three Steps to Plan for Strategic Default I’m sure this will be a controversial post for a...
What is a Short Refi? Like a lot of my blog posts here on Foreclosure...

Florida Strategic Default Workshop Video

***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling and Service Agreement*** I saw this blog post from Oppenheim Law in Florida on their “strategic default workshop” which talks about how to fashion your own bailout. Unfortunately, I couldn’t embed the video directly onto the blog, so you’ll have to click over to their [...] Related posts:

AZ Central Video: Arizona Strategic Default This was a very short news segment on Channel 12...
Where’s the Tipping Point for Strategic Default? ***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling...
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MSN Money Says Walking Away May Be Better Than Staying – At Least for Your Credit Scores

***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling and Service Agreement*** This article from Liz Pulliam Weston is a very balanced view of walking away from a mortgage. She made one interesting point that I’ve never heard anyone else say, however, and that’s relating to credit scores. Weston says that your credit may [...] Related posts:

Credit Scores, Financial Responsibility and a Challenge Josh and I have been hard at work on our...
Credit Scores are Not the Best Predictor of Default? This is a very interesting article…do you think credit scores...
Do Credit Scores Really Matter Anymore? A friend of mine sent me this blog post from...

AZ Central Video: Arizona Strategic Default

This was a very short news segment on Channel 12 about strategic default in Arizona. The only thing I think he got wrong is the non-recourse issue. Arizona is a non-recourse state, but the deficiency rules only apply if the property falls under the statutory requirements. Some banks are arguing that properties don’t fall under [...] Related posts:

Florida Strategic Default Workshop Video ***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling...
YouTube Viewer Sees Humor in Strategic Default I don’t know the person who made this comment about...
Preparing for Strategic Default Florida attorney Mark Stopa did a recent blog post on...

Video: It’s OK to Walk Away

***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling and Service Agreement*** This is a great video on Yahoo! Finance about the morality debate and walking away. A lot of discussion in this video about the double standards – homeowners shouldn’t walk away but it’s fine when corporations default on their debt. The conclusion? [...] Related posts:

Fannie Mae Gets Tough on Borrowers Who Walk Away I saw an article this morning about Fannie Mae and...
CBS Money Watch on Strategic Default ***Visit www.DIYMortgageReview.com for our FREE download on finding your Pooling...
Friday Fun: Our Hi-Tech Video Setup I thought you all might like to see how I...