Student Loans Are The Next Major Crack in Our Finance

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES CLICK HERE TO GET COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION REPORT CUSTOMER SERVICE 520-405-1688 Disclosure to Student Borrowers: www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/opinion/sunday/disclosure-to-student-borrowers.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper Editor’s Comment:  “We have created a world of finance in which it is more lucrative to lose money and get paid by the government, than to make money and contribute to society.  In the Soviet Union [...]

Countrywide settlement pays fraction to investors – Shell Game Continues

EDITOR’S NOTE: The shell game continues. While the media picks up stories about “settlements” giving rise to the presumption that Countrywide Home Loans and Bank of America and the rest of the securitization players committed various violations of statutes, duties, rules and regulations, the main point gets lost. Where is this money going and WHY? [...]

Foreclosure Prevention 1.1

Nobody ever thought that returning a lady’s purse to her after a purse snatcher ran away with it was a gift. So why is anyone contesting returning the purse to homeowners who had their lives snatched from them? The baby steps of the Obama administration are frustrating. Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and those who walk [...]

BAC assigned a note in 2010 that they sold in 2003

Editor’s Note: Recontrust appears to be wholly owned by Bank of America. This particular deal looks like a “reconstituted” mortgage backed security comprised of new securities which are “backed” by old mortgage backed securities which in turn are backed by a list of “loans” which may or may not exist, and which certainly have at [...]

Cuomo Spotted Appraisal Fraud as Core Problem in 2007

WaMu faulted on home loans Colluded to inflate property values, N.Y. attorney general says By AUBREY COHEN AND BILL VIRGIN P-I REPORTERS New York’s attorney general has accused Washington Mutual Inc. of pressuring a real estate appraisal company to deliver inflated home values in order to justify making loans, a practice that some appraisers have [...]

“System is Broken” — there is no clear title and no clear answers, which is why most foreclosure actions should fail or be reversed

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 [...]

MERS MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Reveals Index to Securitization and Investors: Allegation that MERS is authorized or even nominal beneficiary is false

Sample Link: validatembrsearch.jsp?as_mbrsearch=1006937 mers-membership milestoneplus Sample Response Record: Corporate Name: West Coast Servicing, Inc. Address: 17011 Beach Blvd., #300 City,State,Zip: Huntington Beach, CA 92647 Toll Free Number: (866) 574-2001 Direct Number: (714) 596-6333 Fax Number: (714) 596-6333 Primary Contact: Cameron Clayton Website: http://www.wcrsi.com Member Org ID: 1006937 Lines Of Business: Originator, Servicer, Subservicer, Investor, Document [...]

Appraisal Fraud and Industry Standards Described in 2003 Official White Paper-RED FLAGS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL WITH EXCELLENT DIAGRAMS EXPLANATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF BEST PRACTICES

loan_origination_mortgage_fraud_ffiec loan_origination_mortgage_fraud_prevention_response_nelson Red Flags • Critical loan processing activities, such as  verification of income, employment, or deposit, is delegated to brokers. • Delegated underwriting allowed for correspondents that are new or lack an established track record with the FI. • A growing number of loans is being repurchased due to misrepresentations by the FI under [...]

EXCELLENT MERS ANALYSIS: ILLEGAL SCHEME TO AVOID/EVADE STATE LAW, TAXES, FEES, FINES, PENALTIES

LOOK CAREFULLY AT EXHIBITS CONTAINING MERS ADVERTISING TO LENDERS LOOKING TO TRANSFER NOTES AND MORTGAGES see mers-membership-information-reveals-index-to-securitization-and-investors-allegation-that-mers-is-authorized-or-even-nominal-beneficiary-is-false washington-state-buse-vs-first-american-title-greenpoint-rescomm-mers-amended-complaint-well-written-look-carefully-at-exhibits-containing-mers-advertising-to-lenders-looking-to-tra mers-explained-by-aurora-lawyers exhibits-motion-and-temp-restraining-order-granted From the attached amended complaint. That Deed of Trust (“DOT”) contained a false representation on its face when it represented that Defendant MERS was a beneficiary under the DOT. Paragraph (E) States that “MERS is [...]

KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid: Why Brad Conducts Part of the Workshops

See also provident-bank-v-silverman-super-duper-explanation-of-ucc-transferres-holders-and-holders-in-due-course-and-perfecting-title-to-note-or-mortgage  KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid Totaled Cars and Totaled Mortgages – Credit Default Swaps – CDS – 101 By Brad Keiser OK this article is for those newer readers and tenured Livinglies devotees as well as those who have attended Al Pacino’s(oops I mean Neil Garfield’s ) workshops and are not [...]

Would You Pay $103,000 for This Arizona Fixer-Upper? — Appraisal Fraud, Predatory Loan, Securitization in its “finest” moment

Would You Pay $103,000 for This Arizona Fixer-Upper? That Was Ms. Halterman’s Mortgage on It; ‘Unfit for Human Occupancy,’ City Says By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS AVONDALE, Ariz. — The little blue house rests on a few pieces of wood and concrete block. The exterior walls, ravaged by dry rot, bend to the touch. At some [...]

Motions for Summary Judgment: Just the Facts Ma’am

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 [...]

Resources: Trade Periodicals and Research – Use of Professional Information Sources

Use of Professional Information Sources Bank Systems & Technology American Banker Community Banker Factiva Independent Banker Bank Technology News Banking Strategies Wall Street Journal/WSJ Online Law firm/consultant/association-provided newsletters ABA Banking Journal NewsEdge US Banker Lexis/Nexis Local associations publications Internally provided news feed Other; please specify — post on comments page

WORKSHOPS COMING UP 8 CA CLE & 9.5 FLA CLE CREDITS

PLEASE SUPPORT THIS SITE !!! donation-form-1108 Florida Bar Approves Garfield Continuum for 9.5 CLE Credits Lawyers Workshop Registration Form – November 2, 2009 Homeowners Workshop Registration Form – November 1, 2009 What Lawyers Are Saying About Neil Garfield\’s Seminars covered-in-the-garfield-continuum-workshops-you-can-look-this-stuff-up-in-wikopedia REQUIRED READING: appraisal-fraud-and-industry-standards-described-in-2003-official-white-paper-red-flags-described-in-detail-with-excellent-diagrams-explanations-and-descriptions-of-best-practices Work and Play in Sunny Clearwater Beach FL How to Save $$ while attending Garfield Event(s) Clearwater [...]

Foreclosure Defense: AG’s Hit Countrywide

They don’t have it all, but reading the complaint and getting copies of discovery and motions will help anyone contesting the foreclosure and of course, going further to the main target: HAVING THE MORTGAGE ENCUMBRANCE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY AND ELIMINATING LIABILITY ON THE NOTE. THIS IS GOOD NEWS BUT DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH. [...]

Foreclosure Defense and Offense: Good News For Class Actions and Individual Actions

As with all cases cited here, you should get on line and capture the pleading documents and other pertinent motions, discovery etc. It would help us and thousands of others, if you would send what you find to ngarfield@msn.com. LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL McKell v. Washington Mutual-Class Action Defense Cases: Defense Motion To Dismiss Class Action Improperly Granted [...]

Housing Bubble: How We All Got Screwed

And now, because nobody stepped in before the flood began, a new industry is born — bigger than personal injury lawsuits — it the flood of claims under TILA, RESPA, RICO, Securities laws, common law fraud and state and federal laws concerning false and deceptive business practices. People will be rescinding or simply voiding their [...]

MORTGAGE MELTDOWN: LIBOR THREATENS CONFIDENCE —U.S. BANKS LYING TO THE WORLD

IF YOU ARE TAKING YOUR LENDER BANK TO COURT OR VICA VERSA, HERE IS MORE FUEL TO THROW ON THE FIRE — THEY EVEN LIED TO OTHER BANKS — INTENTIONALLY SO THEY WOULDN’T APPEAR DESPERATE FOR MONEY.  The Mysteries of Libor And Other Revelations…   THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM IS [...]

Foreclosure Defense: Ankle Biting from Lenders to Investment Bankers Benefits Borrowers

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS: LENDERS DIDN’T CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE LOAN OR THE IMPACT ON BORROWERS OR INVESTORS (INCLUDING THEIR OWN SHAREHOLDERS). THEY WERE PREPARED TO FALSIFY ANYTHING AND USE ANY MISREPRESENTATION OR PRESSURE TACTIC THEY COULD TO GET THE LOAN SOLD AND THE BORROWER TO SIGN. THEY PRETENDED THEY HAD [...]

Mortgage Meltdown and Foreclosure Defense: Private Lending Might be a Resource for You

Besides all of the strategies we are collecting for you here, there are some monetary resources you could consider. Things like reverse mortgages are not likely to yield you anything if you are in trouble because you needs lots of equity to get into those. But there are private lenders and peer to peer lending [...]