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Sharing What I Know About Florida Real Estate Law
About2011 Foreclosures: You Ain’t Seen Nothin Yet – But Could There Be Any Good News Here?
Today, the 2010 national foreclosure tallies were released by RealtyTrac -- and the astounding total of over one million (1,000,000) homes being foreclosed by banks across the country is serious news. The numbers just keep getting higher each year (see the graph for...
Foreclosure Gate Expands Focus as Judges Across the Country Target Wrongdoing by Banks, Lawyers
Recently, the Miami Herald did an excellent recap of the impact of Foreclosure Gate on the Florida economy - particularly the South Florida real estate market. Fraudulent foreclosure practices in Florida (through robo-signing, etc.) have had a detrimental impact upon...
Setting Aside Foreclosure Judgments – Process Servers Violated Due Process?
There is some really important news developing regarding the foreclosure fraud mess. The foreclosure process servers were just as sloppy and eager as everyone else that they also filed fraudulent documents with the Courts. The very essence of due process of law...
Chase Bank – What Are You Doing?
I generally don't cross promote my blog posts. But on a sister blog of mine, Foreclosure Defense Attorney, I posted something that happened today with a client and Chase Bank. You have to read it. You are going to ask yourself; what the hell is going on at Chase. ...
Can the Bank Garnish My Wages During a Florida Foreclosure?
A subject that is a recent area of inquiry from my clients is Wage Garnishment. Wage Garnishment, as I explained in previous posts, is the lenders ability to deduct money directly from your salary if they obtain a deficiency judgment against you. Typically, a...
Homeowners Are Not to Blame for the Foreclosure Mess
I hope that homeowners don’t let the banks change the message and place the blame on them. Right now, the banks, the media and, I think, the general public just don’t get it. For some reason, the new scapegoat for the foreclosure mess is the borrower who is...
Suspected Lender Fraud Opens Doors for Homeowners Who Have Lost Their Homes to Claim Wrongful Foreclosure
If you read this blog regularly, you know that I represent a variety of people in South Florida who are facing foreclosure proceedings on their homes. Please be sure to read this if you’ve already lost your home, because you may be entitled to receive compensation if...
Bank of America Foreclosures – Homeowners’ lawsuits seeking compensation for wrongful foreclosure
fraud on the Court allowing the time to bring a lawsuit to set aside the foreclosure action to be extended beyond the date the property was sold at auction- Homeowners may be able to claim the banks have converted their homes and/or other legal theories allowing the homeowner to receive compensation
Banks Suspend Foreclosures – Possible Fraud on Courts – Homeowners May Be Entitled to Compensation
Those homeowners who have already lost their home to foreclosure may be entitled to compensation from the bank because the banks may have fraudulently obtained ownership by having filed affidavits in support of their foreclosure proceedings that contained information that was not verified
Are Enforcement of Non-Compete Agreements Happening in This Difficult Environment for Job Seekers?
“…former employees are more interested in earning money than worrying about the terms of an Agreement they may have signed long ago.”