Appearance Counsel for Homeowners

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Now They See the Light — 40% of Homes Underwater

Featured Products and Services by The Garfield Firm NEW! 2nd Edition Attorney Workbook,Treatise & Practice Manual LivingLies Membership – Get Discounts and Free Access to Experts For Customer Service call 1-520-405-1688 Editor’s Comment: They were using figures like 12% or 18% but I kept saying that when you take all the figures together and just [...]

BLOOMBERG: GMAC CASE MAY ESTABLISH ANTI-BANK PRECEDENT

GMAC foreclosure case may set anti-bank precedent Michael Riley, Bloomberg News Tuesday, November 9, 2010 When James Renfro had to stop making payments on his two-story fixer-upper in Parma, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, he triggered events that were supposed to result in the forced sale of his home. That Nov. 15 auction has been [...]

Ohio Attorney General Fights Against Wall Street, Joining More Attorneys General

October 11, 2010 Ohio Attorney General Fights Against Wall Street By MICHAEL POWELL COLUMBUS, Ohio — Back East, at the corner of Broad and Wall Streets, the view is swell. The Dow is soaring, and bankers look pleased. But here on East Broad Street, the mood is gloomier. At least 90,000 residential and commercial foreclosure [...]

Wells Fargo, Option One, American Home Mortgage Relationship

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. appears in many ways including as servicer (America Servicing Company), Trustee (although it does not appear to be qualified as a “Trust Company”), as claimed beneficiary, as Payee on the note, as beneficiary under the title policy, as beneficiary under the property and liability insurance, and it may have in actuality [...]

Citi to Try New Version of Cash for Keys

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 [...]

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR FORECLOSURE DEFENSE LAWYERS

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 [...]

Michigan, Ohio, Texas Lawyers Wanted: We Know You’re Out There

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 [...]

MERS History Re-Re-Revised

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, [...]

Foreclosure Defense: 11 Year Ohio Fight Keeps Going — Persistence Pays

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 [...]

FORECLOSURE DEFENSE: VICTORY IN OHIO

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 [...]

Mortgage Meltdown: State and Local Action Could Save Everyone

  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 [...]