Sharing What I Know About
Florida Real Estate Law
Sharing What I Know About Florida Real Estate Law
AboutFlorida Bank Reject Your Loan Modification? It Seems to be Happening to Lots of South Florida Homeowners: What’s Up? In Other States, Home Owners Are Suing Banks for Failed Modifications
Sitting in an office where lots of people call on the phone, send emails to us, and come in for a visit -- all related to foreclosure issues or underwater mortgages in South Florida, it may well be that we have a different view on things than some other people. This...
Short Sale Hardship Letters to South Florida Banks and Proving Home Owner Financial Hardship for Short Sale Bank Approval: Things to Consider
Last Update:02/24/16 The news is out for October 2012, and once again Florida ranks number one in foreclosures in the United States according to RealtyTrac research. It seems that one in every 312 housing units in Florida was hit with a foreclosure filing in October...
Florida Short Sale Programs – List of Short Sale Packages Offered to South Florida Underwater Mortgage Home Owners: 2012 Short Sale Programs in Broward County
Short sales in South Florida are very, very popular these days. Particularly in places like Miramar, Hallandale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Davie, and Fort Lauderdale, more and more short sales are being offered with mortgage banks coming on board to help get these...
Ray Charles Trust Litigation: Beneficiaries Fighting for More, the Lesson of Being Clear in Trust Bequests
Another lesson in trust lawsuits - and for Floridians, on how to plan their estates in advance to avoid these sorts of fights between beneficiaries after death - is happening right now in Los Angeles, California. It's a case being heard by the Chief Judge of the...
South Florida Bankruptcies Spike – Foreclosure Settlement Monies Still in Tallahassee: Broward County Mortgages Still Need Foreclosure Defense Lawyers
After some skirmishing up in Tallahassee, representatives of the Florida House and the Florida Senate have aligned with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in a joint announcement this week which outlined Ms. Bondi's plan on what to do with $300 million from the...
Trust Undue Influence: Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina, and Undue Infuence on a Trust Beneficiary
Whitney Houston prepared an estate plan long ago, back when her daughter Bobbi Kristina was born: she executed a Will that contained something called a Testamentary Trust. She did this because she had numerous assets that she wanted to protect and she wanted to...
Florida Strategic Defaults: Attitudes Are Changing and Strategic Defaults on Underwater Mortgages May be On the Rise in Florida – Why You Need a Lawyer in a Strategic Default
Last week, TIME Magazine's Martha C. White wrote an article asking the following question, "Is the Stigma of Ditching Your Underwater Mortgage Fading? " and the conclusion reached in that piece shouldn't be much of a surprise to most anyone living here in foreclosure...
Florida Trust Contests: Jenos Pizza Rolls and Michelina Italian Foods Founder Jeno Paulucci’s Death Provides Great Example of Trust Contests in Florida Arising From Deaths Occuring in Other States
Have you ever tried a Jeno's Pizza Roll? Or maybe had some Chun King canned Chinese food or opted for some frozen Italian Michelina's fare, with a movie at home with the kids? Well, then, you've contributed to the fortune of Jeno Paulucci, the founder of these food...
New Florida Law May Void Beneficiary Designations in Divorces: Florida Statute 732.703 and End of Life Planning for Divorced Couples and Those Thinking of Divorcing
There's a new law here in Florida that people need to know about - especially if they are divorced or in the midst of getting themselves divorced here in Florida and that law is Florida Statute 732.703. You can read the law as written on the books by the Florida...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Pushes Banks to Go After Home Owner Borrowers for Deficiencies: October 17 Report Wants More Revenue to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac From Deficiency Collections
Watch out: yesterday a new report was released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FNFA) that finds mortgage bank agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could increase their revenue by aggressively going after collection of deficiencies on home loans and on...
