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    An Accidental Strategic Default

    Posted 07:57 PM December 28, 2011

    Unknowingly Homeowner Creates Own Principal Balance Reduction

    This is a true story. A homeowner got behind on her mortgage. She had to choose between paying her daughter's college tuition and paying her home mortgage on time. So she paid her daughter's college tuition thinking she could pay her mortgage two weeks late. Wrong. The Service Provider called to find out why the monthly mortgage payment was not paid. Hearing that the homeowner chose college tuition over the mortgage payment, the service provider demanded another month's payment along with the late payment, and some additional penalties and fees. Well, the homeowner couldn't quite come up with the needed chunk of change in the time frame allotted, so the service provider refused partial payment(s) and called the whole note due. Thousands of dollars were desperately flying all around to no avail. The bank refused to make any accommodations, or offer a forbearance plan, or consider a loan modification since there was no financial hardship.

    The homeowner then in denial sat for several months ignoring all letters and foreclosure notices from the bank. Finally, she sought help a month before her redemption period ended. All we could do is attempt to stall the foreclosure and eviction, by filing a show me the note lawsuit and bad faith negotiations on the part of the lender. The homeowner hired a terrific attorney who successfully stalled the foreclosure and eviction process for almost 1 and a half years. During this time, we told the homeowner to save and escrow as much money as she could and not to buy another major item to help her qualify for a possible refinance. Fortunately, the homeowner did not have any credit card debt, only vehicle loan debt.

    Twice during this time period, a refinance was offered to the homeowner's lender. Each refinance offer required an acceptance of a short sale since the homeowner owed much more than the home was worth at market value. The first offer was $75,000 with a hard money lender, and the 2nd offer was $114,000 with a regular bank. The BPO on the house was about $72,000. Both times the lender refused the short sale offers. Of course, the homeowner could not understand why the lender would not negotiate. It is voluntary on the lender's part to negotiate, and in this case the mortgage was insured by the Federal Government. So, the service provider was making money by foreclosing and the lender saw no reason to negotiate since they were insured and would be reimbursed.

    With all avenues exhausted, the service provider told the homeowner to move or be evicted within a 2 day notice. Cash for keys was not even offered by the lender. Consequently, the homeowner had to find a place to rent and move within 24 hours. It was a nightmare and a panic. The homeowner wanted her home; after all she had lived there for 20 plus years, added an addition, and had fond family memories. Feeling overwhelmed, she finally broke silence with her friends, family, and community. To her surprise, she found out that she was not alone in this situation. Perhaps being in the holiday spirit and with community anger over the high volume of foreclosures within the town, a benevolent investor within the town came forwarded to offer to purchase her home through the real estate company involved in managing the foreclosed property. A cash offer was made at 50% of the original loan, and accepted well below former offers.   Today, the homeowner and her family are moving back into their home.

    Within five years of the land contract established, the homeowner will own her home free and clear, and be able to retire if she chooses. This truly is a principal balance reduction, and in some respect an accidental strategic default.  Certainly a lot of stress, heartache and expense occurred during this fight to stop the foreclosure that should probably never have occurred. Although, the homeowner lost the first and second round, the homeowner is coming out on top of this long fought battle.

    Considering that many Americans are losing their life savings and investments on Wall Street due to economic volatility, perhaps more investors will turn to helping foreclosed homeowners who face similar circumstances. Buying a short sale can be a great investment. The property is real, with equity built-in, and can provide a steady stream of income with relatively high interest. Furthermore, the investment property is flipped and the new homeowner (once foreclosed) has a vested interest and will mostly likely be forever grateful. If you are that type of investor, please give Foreclosure Prevention Institute a call at 1.800.826.1929.


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    Hotline 1.800.826.1929
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    Poverty Exemption For Tax Foreclosures

    Posted 09:00 PM August 18, 2011

    Investors and wanna-be homeowners looking
    for a bargain or deal, are buying homes through
    property tax sales. What is one's person loss, is
    another person's gain. Evidently both homeowners
    and banks are struggling or choosing not to pay
    property taxes. Buyers do need to do their homework
    and research when buying a home at a tax sale.

    In saving homes, many people may not know that
    there is a poverty exemption law in Michigan
    for the elderly whereby qualified persons can be
    fully or partially exempt from taxation on a
    principal residence. Must file with local accessor.
    Application must be filed after Jan. 1, but no later
    than two days before the board of review last meets.

    Property owners may also able to negotiate a payment
    plan for one tax year. However, if the homeowner
    has a mortgage, the bank can go ahead and pay all of
    the taxes to protect their interest and thus negate
    the work-out solution with the city. The mortgage
    company can then foreclose on the homeowner for not
    paying the taxes or could possibly attach their own
    payment plan spread over the course of a year. By the
    new financial laws just passed, the banks will demand
    that all future taxes be escrowed.

    The homestead act can also be applied to one's principal
    residence to lower the tax burden. The homeowner can
    be exempted from paying the 18-mill local school operating tax
    ordinarily levied against non-homestead properties.

    If you are facing foreclosure call Foreclosure Prevention
    Institute, LLC HOT LINE at 1.800.826.1929. Talk to
    Dave Brigle, Managing Member.

    Visit http://ForeclosurePreventionInstitute.com

    Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC
    271 Viking Dr
    Battle Creek, MI 49017
    800.826.1929

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    Foreclosure HOPE Gig Is Over

    Posted 04:04 PM August 14, 2011

    Today's Detroit Sunday Free Press Story Headline reads

    "Homeowners forced out while seeking relief!
     Fannie Mae pressures banks to foreclose,

    contrary to its promises to keep families in homes, preserve neighborhoods.”

    Why did the HOPE program not work and why wouldn’t the banks

    not work with homeowners? As the story and truth unfolds, Fannie Mae

    is in essence bankrupt. To save Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, these two

    government entitties are desperately trying to get debt off of their books

    to look good and to protect their shareholders so that they can stay in

    business. Thus, even today they are forcing banks to foreclose especially

    on people who are behind in their mortgages by 1 year or more.

    One might say well of course if a homeowner is a year or more behind

    in their mortgage they should be foreclosed. However, most of the loan

    modification programs were taking 5 to 6 months to close, and to apply for

    a loan modification homeowners had to be at least 1 to 3 payments behind

    to even be considered for the loan modification program. Furthermore,

    homeowners were being led on and promised a loan modification by their bank

    especially if they had experienced a loss in income due to the economy.

    One must understand too that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are owned by

    the government and therefore are in direct conflict with the nationalized banks.

    Fannie Mae hungry for money knows that once a foreclosure takes place the

    taxpayers rather than Fannie Mae is on the hook to bailout the bad loans.

    In addition, the O’bama administration wants to spread the wealth around.

    Obama is looking at the possibility of taking all of the foreclosures and making

    them into Section 8 houses to diversify neighborhoods and to give low income

    people nicer homes and neighborhoods to live and prosper as wealth is

    spread around and redistributed.

    The HOPE program was/is a sham …just that… “hope and change.”

    The banks said one thing, but the government turned around and said

    the exact opposite. The government is at war with the citizens of the

    United States. And that is the truth. That’s the design of the whole

    program — all smoke and mirrors.

    The only problem is that the huge number of foreclosures are depressing the

    neighborshoods and slowing economic recovery. The housing market is causing

    the government to lose more revenue than predicted. Yet, at least Fannie Mae

    and Freddie Mac can still remain in business to start this whole viscious cycle

    over again. You can thank Senator Barnie Franke, the man behind Fannie Mae.

    Obama and the Federal Reserve are also going to do Qe3 to stimulate the

    economy some more by again flooding the market with more dollars.

    So be prepared for more foreclosure as people continue to lose their jobs

    and spending power to inflation as a direct result of this administration’s bad

    policies.

    Homeowners are now just figuring-out what we in this industry having

    been saying all along. If you want to save your home, you will have to fight and

    sue the bank/lender to save your home by going directly to the bank’s legal

    department. The servicing companies don’t have the authority or power to

    complete loan modifications.

    If you need assistance call Foreclosure Prevention Institute’s hot line today.

    1.800.826.1929. We will answer your most pressing foreclosure questions

    and direct you on the best course of action and the options you may have

    to save your home.

    Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC

    271 Viking Dr

    Battle Creek, MI 49017

    800.826.1929

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    Affordable Rental and Residential Housing

    Posted 06:14 PM July 23, 2011

    Apparently, Pres. O'bama and the Democrats are looking
    for ways to take millions of foreclosures off the
    market to help provide Section 8 affordable housing
    for their
    constituents. Rent prices are beginning to skyrocket
    due to the high demand for rental property. Their policies
    caused and are causing millions more people to lose their
    jobs and homes. Banks are not lending money, congress wants
    to revoke the principal and interest mortgage deduction to
    increase revenue, and many people today have low paying jobs
    and little job security. As a result it makes more sense to
    rent than to buy.

    Overall, it looks like the poor including the middle
    class are going again to be left out in the cold unless
    something changes.

    Currently, the government banks have a huge shadow inventory
    of foreclosures and it is steadily rising. Banks are limiting
    the number of foreclosures that can hit the market at any one
    time as a means to prop up real estate values. They have the
    deep pockets and so the luxury to hold onto these homes until
    the real estate market recovers. But it will take a decade or
    more if ever before the industry recovers.

    Interestingly, the secondary market bond holders and investors
    behind these defaulted mortgages are beginning to scream that
    they want the foreclosed homes bundled and sold to real estate
    entrepeneurs so they can take their money and run. They know
    that in most states, property home values are continuiing to
    decline and will drop further with inflation and the
    devaluation of the dollar. It is time to cut their losses
    and run. The private sector would love to invest and profit
    from the sale of these foreclosed homes.

    However, President O'bama's stated from the very beginning
    of his presidency that he intended on redistributing the
    wealth and spreading the wealth around. His idea is to
    take all of these foreclosures and somehow make them into
    Section 8 housing. With another round of QE3 easing and
    a higher debt ceiling, he will have the money needed to
    provide Federal Real Estate Grants to low income and minority
    groups or builders to fix-up foreclosed homes for
    Section 8 housing. This is already happening in Grand
    Rapids and Benton Harbor.

    His central planning committee provided Tarp
    money and Hope to help people save their homes
    from foreclosure, but it was a ploy and an
    overall dismal failure. Loan modifications and
    forbearance plans were written so as not to work,
    and Principal Balance Reductions are no longer allowed.
    In the Great Depression, the government put a moratorium
    on foreclosures. But not this president for
    his goal is simply to redistribute and spread the
    wealth and that includes stealing people's homes
    for the public good and the chosen few to help
    provide relief and to pay for past wrongs. This is his
    way of taxing the rich, punishing the hard middleclass
    worker, ensuring that the American Dream is dead,
    and that the wealth is redistibuted to those he deems
    deserving.

    If you read this article and are a woman or a minority,
    I would suggest you hurry and write up a housing grant
    to help low income Section 8 individuals find affordable
    rental housing. You probably would be awarded a Federal
    Grant of $200,000 or more to help solve this housing
    crisis and to spread the wealth around.

    Call 1.800.826.1929 regarding Foreclosure Related Questions.

    Ask about financing for qualified buyers regardless of credit
    for affordable foreclosed homes in Michigan.

    Vacant land, residential and commercial properties for sale.
    Brokers need not call. Looking for buyers.

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    Beware of Strategically Defaulting On Mortgage

    Posted 08:57 PM July 13, 2011

    Some people think about strategically defaulting on
    their mortgage since they owe much more than their home
    is worth. They can make the payments, but just don't
    see themselves ever getting out of the hole. Usually they
    are reasonably well-off, may have good credit, and have
    assets other than just their home. They simply can't sell
    their home nor can they refinance their home due to the
    drop in market values of homes.

    It's a buyer's market especially for homes priced
    over a million dollars. For example, in Bloomfield Hills
    homes have been on the market for 3 to 4.5 years or more before
    selling and then at huge discounts. How would you like to purchase
    a home listed at 7.9 Million selling for only $1.7 million or
    a home listed at 4.5M and selling for 1.8M? That's how bad
    the real estate market is for many homeowners regardless of
    how much your home is worth. In today's market, almost
    everyone is taking a heavy discount of 70% or more.

    To willfully accept a foreclosure will probably be the
    biggest credit hit one will ever experience. It damages
    one's credit history and may substantially drop a credit
    score by 200 or more points. Foreclosures usually stays on
    one's credit for 7 to 10 years. In essence, foreclosures are
    treated similarly to a bankruptcy -- it's bad.

    Understanding all of the financial consequences and
    foreclosure laws is crucial in consciously defaulting on a
    mortgage. Each mortgage and state may have different rules
    and procedures involved regarding foreclosures. The reasons
    why one might strategically default vary. On the positive
    side one sees the following:

    • Instant relief
    • Not throwing good money after bad
    • Saving money to get ahead
    • Getting rid of house riddled with problems
    • Cutting ties like in a divorce or job loss
    • Moving forward
    • Look for a new home at current market values

    The negative side though may involve a deficiency judgement,
    shame, embarrassement, cutting of current credit lines
    and higher interest rates, and tax ramifications in receiving
    a 1099 for difference between what's owed and money recovered,
    and the moral aspect of a promise.

    If you are thinking about defaulting on your loan on purpose,
    because it makes sense financially then be sure to think post
    default:

    1. Will you need good credit (urgently) for your business,
    transportation etc.?
    2. How will you protect your assets from serious litigation?
    3. Will it affect gainful employment?
    4. Tax advantages -- renting vs home ownership
    5. School district for your children
    6. Any loss of income or increase of income from
    taxes, judgement or credit
    7. Pets

    Before strategically defaulting on your mortgage it is
    imperative that you plan ahead. You need to structure
    your affairs, do it as safely as possible, and get
    advice from an attorney. Bankruptcy or restructuring
    of your debt might be an alternative answer. To do
    or not to do is ultimately more of a financial decision
    than a moral or emotional decision. Reduce your
    rationale to dollars and cents.

    Dave Brigle, Managing Member
    Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC
    271 Viking Dr
    Battle Creek, MI 49017
    616 217-7833
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    Michigan Court of Appeals Reverses Court Ruling Involving MERS

    Posted 07:28 PM May 31, 2011

    Michigan is a non-judicial state in that Foreclosures must be advertised prior to foreclosure proceedings.  Further, one must be the owner of the note and must have properly recorded the note in order to foreclose on property.   The Court decision determined that MERS was neither an owner or a servicing agent of the mortgage.  In layman's terms, MERS was found to be only a computer system or a mortgage electronic registration system used to speed up the selling of securities or mortgage notes to circumvent the cumbersome laborious task of recording notes.  Thus, MERS never owned the plaintiffs' mortgage notes nor acted as a lender/servicing company to hold "interest" in the notes.   Furthermore, MERS was found in other states to sometimes fraudently produce or forge documents to cover themselves in a foreclosure proceeding.   But as the lawsuit in Michigan simply concludes:

    "The parties agree that MERS is neither the owner of the indebtedness, nor the servicing agent of the mortgage.  Therefore, MERS lacked the authority to foreclose by advertisement on defendants' properties unless it was "the owner of ... of an interest in the indebtedness secured by the mortgage."The parties agree that MERS is neither the owner of the indebtedness, nor the servicing agent of the mortgage."  MCL 600.3204(1)(d).

    This argument has been a long time in coming.  Judges are finally seeing the "light" and the tides are changing to some extent in favor of the homeowner.  Homeowners will be able to stay in their homes a while longer as the true note holders are found and the foreclosure process is redone by the proper servicing agent.   In many cases, the notes may never be found since mortgages were divided and sold to numerous International Investors.

    For more questions regarding MERS contact Dave Brigle at Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC at 1.800.826.1929. 
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    How Loan Modifications Are Structured By Lenders

    Posted 09:07 PM February 01, 2011

    Have you ever wondered how exactly
    lenders structure loan modifications? As
    a person who helps homeowners obtain
    loan modifications, I am always interested
    in how banks determine:

    A. Who qualifies for a loan modification
    in regards to their gross income,

    B. New Interest Rates,

    C. New Mortgage Payments,

    D. How taxes and hazard insurance
    is figured with regards to escrow
    payments,

    E. and Why some people have
    principal mortgage balances reduced
    and others do not.

    The servicing companies/lenders do use
    mathematical formulas when modifying a
    loan. In fact, the HAMP* program although
    controversial in terms of its success in lowering
    the foreclosure rate within the United States
    has helped to set a standard for figuring
    mortgage payments and interest rates.

      The standard is as follows:

    First, many banks multiply one's gross income
    by 31% and then subtract monthly homeowner's
    taxes and insurance from the given amount. This
    is considered the targetted monthly mortgage
    payment. This makes sense because one shouldn't
    pay over one third of one's pay to any
    mortgage. (This is a conservative "rule of thumb.")
    People really get into trouble when their
    mortgage and rent payments are above 50 percent.

    Next to calculate a new interest rate, the lender adds
    to the loan balance any back payments that are owed
    and interest or escrow advances owed. The interest
    rate is then lowered in small increments (.125) until
    the target monthly rate is reached or all the way down
    to a 2% rate. If the target monthly rate cannot be
    reached then the mortgage loan may be extended for
    40 years.

    Another possibility to reach the target monthly rate
    without having to extend the length of the loan is by
    reducing the principal balance of the original loan.
    HAMP does have guidelines to follow for reducing the
    principal balance. Guidelines could include hardship,
    assessed value (how far "underwater"), investors'
    instructions whom back the loan, the number of months
    in default, gross income, debt to income ratios, and other
    mathematical formulas. Only 10% of the people who
    have thus far received a loan modification have had
    their principal reduced. So, the guidelines for a principal
    balance reduction are quite stringent.

    At Foreclosure Prevention Institute, we do use forensic
    audits to force the issue for a loan modification from
    the lender. The interest rates and terms are usually
    significant compared to homeowners who negotiate on
    their own. We also encourage homeowners to use
    an attorney to grab the lender's attention. Time and
    again we see homeowners losing their homes to banks
    who negotiated in "bad faith." Homeowners don't
    know their rights or how to begin to "fight" back to
    save their home from foreclosure. It has even been
    hard for us since T.A.R.P. money has been stripped
    away for principal reductions in many states.

    Stopping foreclosure is difficult and has a definitive
    legal timeline, so requires professional help for
    successful outcomes. If you have a question(s) about
    foreclosure or need a referral to an attorney, please
    call Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC. Foreclosure
    Prevention Institute's hotline is 1.800.826.1929. Ask
    for Dave Brigle, Managing Member. He has 35 years
    experience in the foreclosure market and real estate
    industry. He's also a retired state appraisor, mortgage
    company owner, and passed licensed real estate
    salesperson. He freely provides information
    regarding his experience with foreclosures and
    evictions for those who call and ask. He cannot help
    you unless you call him at 1.800.826.929.
    Dave Brigle, Managing Member

    Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC

    271 Viking Dr
    Battle Creek, Michigan 49017

    1.800.826.1929

    brigle@appraisaloffice.biz

    http://ForeclosurePreventionInstitute.com

    *HAMP = Home Affordable Modification Program

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    Modify Home Loan To Survive Financial Tsunami

    Posted 10:46 PM January 18, 2011

    Homeowners nationwide are desperately trying
    to modify their home loans to survive the coming
    financial Tsunami. Although the Stock Market is
    making a rebound, I need not remind people on main
    street that 2010 was simply disastrous for many
    and 2011 looks even bleaker.  The debt ceiling
    hit 14 trillion and is growing and compounding daily.
    2.87 million homes foreclosed and an increase in
    foreclosures is expected for this year.

    Oil, food, cotton, gold, and silver are all up while
    the value of the dollar is sinking with shudders of
    the dollar being replaced by a different world
    currency. If this happens, hyper-inflation will
    occur and we will all be standing in bread lines.
    43 million Americans are already on food stamps.

    Forget looking for a job with decent pay…there are
    few jobs to be had.   Government numbers tell us
    that unemployment has dropped, but mostly
    since people have just given up.  America no
    longer manufacturers anything since corporate
    America is moving out of the country.  Case in point,
    Steelcase in Grand Rapids (a large office furniture
    manufacturer) just announced it is moving to Mexico.

    We don't have to produce we only need to service at
    minimum wage.   I was forced to retire from teaching
    and now work for a great tax service to help fill Uncle
    Sam's coffer.   It's easier to join than to protest.
    Politicians want to "herd us" like cows to slaughter.
    We just are not smart enough to make any decisions
    about our healthcare or future.  Anyway, it is our
    duty to work to make as much money as we can to
    give it all back in the form of taxes.   The motto is
    "We need to spread the wealth around," and if your
    55 or older just fade away – your of no "real" use.

    So in essence the Powers-to-be don't really care about
    "the Individual" and his/her pride. Nor do they want to
    listen to what we, the tea partiers, think or have to say.
    Rush, Hannity, Savage, and Palin are all threats to
    the socialistic ideology and agenda.  To do anything
    different would only ruin the masterplan. 

    If you want to survive the next couple of years, it is
    imperative to get out of debt, buy precious metals,
    store food and water, purchase goods that will be
    valuable and tradeable.   If you can, refinance your
    home or modify your loan if it makes good
    financial sense.   The good news is that interest
    rates are at all time low, but not for long.

    Call Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC's
     hotline  at 1.800.826.1929 and get started today
    on a real Loan Modification. We fight for you!

    Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC
    Dave Brigle, Managing Member
    271 Viking Dr
    Battle Creek, MI 49017
    Service nationwide and especially in
    Michigan

    brigle@appraisaloffice.biz
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    Read The Latest Newsletter from Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC

    Posted 03:13 AM January 12, 2011

    We've just published a new edition of our newsletter! You can check it out on our website and get the latest information from Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC. Let us know what you think!

    Read It Now Here

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    Loan Modifications|Stop Foreclosures|800.826.1929

    Posted 11:07 AM January 09, 2011

    Loan Modifications stop foreclosure and may

    best be obtained
    through forensic audits and legal

    assistance. Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC

    has been telling homeowners for 4 years now not

    to roll-over and give-up your home to foreclosure

    without a fight and this advice is coming home

    to roost.  


     A Massachusetts' court ruled against several

    banks for foreclosing on homes without the proper

    paperwork.   Evidently, they couldn't find the

    mortgage notes to prove that they could foreclose.

    It is called, "Show Me the Note" lawsuit.


    It is well-known in the mortgage industry that

    notes were being fraudently signed or manufac-

    tured when homes fell into default.   Banks

    and the secondary money markets in their hurry

    to sell mortgage-backed securities never trans-

    ferred many of the notes properly, were

    piecemealed, or simply lost.   Some banks used

    an electronic system called MERS, and then

    later on did robotic type signing to manufacture

    or forge the notes.


    Consequently, homeowners had little recourse

    for settling disputes or in successfully obtaining

    loan modifications.   You might say, well if

    you don't make your mortgage payments you

    deserve to lose your home.   However, we do

    have foreclosure laws and all homeowners could

    be affected.


    Some states have judicial foreclosure laws in

    which the court must approve the foreclosure.

    Other states like Michigan require title in order to

    foreclose.   If one thinks title is in question,

    the homeowner can and must initiate the lawsuit.

    Then it is up to the bank or individual to produce

    the note when foreclosing.


    In real estate, when one buys a home, a chain

    of title is established.   What's happening is that

    the banking industry is ruining the chain of

    title for millions of homes through haste & "greed."

    They claim that the old fashioned meticulous way

    is just too antiquated for today's markets...kind of like
     
    how the progressives attack our constitution as being

    too old to apply to modern day society. 
    It's created
     
    a huge mess.   Consider the following s
    cenarios:


    1.  An unsuspecting homeowner could pay off a

    mortgage and then later on find out the bank

    /servicing company has no title to transfer back

    to the homeowner.


    2.  A foreclosed homeowner could be foreclosed

    upon again when a different note appears.


    3.  An investor buys a foreclosure and fixes it up,

    and then a court tells the investor to give it back

    to the foreclosed homeowner.


    Personally, I would be extremely cautious in buying

    any home that has been foreclosed in today's

    market.   I used to buy many foreclosed homes.

    Supposedly, the sheriff sale provides clear title, but

    if a home was fraudently foreclosed no telling what

    a court might do.


    Attorney generals in all 50 states are now just

    reacting to the slow moving wheels of justice.

    The
    favorable court rulings for foreclosed homeowners

    are definitely causing bank stocks to fall in 2011,

    and will continue to harm the housing industry for

    years to come.


    Have a pressing or nagging foreclosure question?

    Want a real Loan Modification?

    Call Foreclosure Prevention Institute hotline at

    1.800.826.1929.  We have 35+ plus years experience

    in real estate, mortgages, foreclosures, and appraisals.


    Most people give-up or wait until it is almost too late

    to help in terms of alternative solutions.

    Foreclosure has a legal timeline that moves quickly

    and options diminish through this process.


    We can't help unless you call 1.800.826.1929.


    Dave Brigle, Managing Member

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