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Tucson Land Law Blog

• 2018 Pima County Tax Lien Sale (2/25/2018)
• Tax Liens and Money Judgments (4/8/2016)
• The Drone Slayer – Drones & Trespassing (1/14/2016)
• Recovering Fees & Costs in a Tax Lien Foreclosure Case (12/11/2015)
• Arizona – When Does a Tax Lien Expire? (10/1/2015)
• Changes in Arizona Anti-Deficiency Law (3/12/2015)
• The Future of the Pecan Groves (2/2/2015)
• Drones – Smugglers & Drunken Larks (1/28/2015)
• Federal Aviation Administration Settles Case with Raphael Pirker (1/23/2015)
• Drones – The Looming Battle of Preemption (1/20/2015)
• Drones & Real Estate Agents (1/13/2015)
• Fueling a New Bubble (12/15/2014)
• Foreclosure Wave 2.0 (11/21/2014)
• Loosening the Belt on Mortgage Underwriting? (10/27/2014)
• Student Loan Debt is Crushing the Housing Market (10/8/2014)
• Progressive Housing Policy – Laying the Blame for the Housing Bubble on “Affirmative Credit” (9/16/2014)
• Mortgage Settlements and Tax Liability (8/25/2014)
• The $16.65 billion Bank of America Settlement (8/21/2014)
• When Does a Tax Lien Expire in Arizona? (8/18/2014)
• Seniors are Struggling with Student Loan Debt (8/12/2014)
• Rising Housing Prices + Stagnant Economic Picture = Hard to Buy (or Rent) (7/19/2014)
• Don’t Fall Asleep at the Wheel (7/8/2014)
• The Next Default Tidal Wave (6/25/2014)
• MERS Exodus (4/18/2014)
• National Mortgage Settlement – Done? (3/18/2014)
• A View of the Pima County Tax Lien Sale (2014) (3/5/2014)
• Tax Lien Foreclosures & MERS (7/24/2013)
• National Mortgage Settlement & Bounced Government Checks (4/19/2013)
• Foregiveness Act Survives the Fiscal Cliff (1/2/2013)
• Will They Extend It? (11/9/2012)
• Extension of The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act (8/29/2012)
• Another Affirmation of Arizona’s Anti-Deficiency Protections (7/19/2012)
• Cash Out Refinance – No More Anti-Deficiency Protections in Arizona (3/23/2012)
• Pima County Tax Lien Sale – 2012 Update (3/4/2012)
• Arizona Joins the Mortgage Servicer Settlement (2/13/2012)
• The Perpetually Imminent AG Settlement Has Arrived (2/7/2012)
• Principal Reduction – Who’s Willing to Take the Haircut? (1/30/2012)
• Election Year Bravado (1/27/2012)
• Closing Your Loan – Do What It Takes to Get Bank of America’s Attention (12/30/2011)
• “Independent Foreclosure Review” – Oh, Sorry About That…. (11/1/2011)
• Hunting Season Has Opened on MERS (10/14/2011)
• The Dirty Dozen Feeling the Heat from the Feds? (9/1/2011)
• No More Tax Liens For JP Morgan (8/11/2011)
• Another Sputtering Government Program – FHA Short Refi Program (7/10/2011)
• Tax Lien Foreclosure & Attorney’s Fees – The Supreme Court Weighs In (5/5/2011)
• The Death of Dual-Tracking? (4/29/2011)
• Short Sale vs. Foreclosure – What’s the Difference (4/25/2011)
• Turf Battles: the Feds vs. the Attorneys General (4/13/2011)
• Bank of America – Doing What it Seems to Do Best (12/31/2010)
• Bank of America in the Cross Hairs (12/18/2010)
• Breathing Underwater (11/4/2010)
• Careful When You Close The Door Behind You (11/3/2010)
• Here Come the Feds (10/26/2010)
• Fannie and Freddie: Looking for Some Payback (10/22/2010)
• MERS: The Risk of Efficiency (10/19/2010)
• Clamping Down on the “Foreclosure Consultants” (9/21/2010)
• Loan Modification Scam (9/17/2010)
• Tax Lien Foreclosure: Collecting Attorney’s Fees (8/29/2010)
• Thwarting the Bottom Feeders (8/26/2010)
• Tax Lien Foreclosure – Sub-taxing (6/29/2010)
• Tax Lien Foreclosure: The Danger of Competing Lien Holders (5/12/2010)
• Stemming the Tide of Foreclosures: Principal Reduction (4/14/2010)
• Tax Lien Foreclosure: Ready, Willing, and Able to Redeem (4/6/2010)
• Tax Lien Foreclosures – Recovery of Attorney’s Fees (2/24/2010)
• The Walk Away (12/8/2009)
• The Jumbo Wave (10/14/2009)
• Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 (7/14/2009)
• Looks Like No Bankruptcy Foie Gras Power For Judges (5/4/2009)
• We’re Not Leaving!!! (3/3/2009)
• Cramdown Authority (2/13/2009)
• Arizona Foreclosure Rates (1/19/2009)
• Foreclosure and The Right of Reinstatement (1/9/2009)
• Arroyo Grande – The New Land Department (11/25/2008)
• Illegal Immigrants and The American Dream (11/6/2008)
• Tax Lien Foreclosures – Strict Compliance Is Out! (10/21/2008)
• Arizona Proposition 201 – “Homeowner’s Bill of Rights” (10/9/2008)
• Arizona State Land Trust – “The Highest & Best Use” (9/15/2008)
• The American Ninja (8/20/2008)
• Arizona Tax Lien Foreclosure – Doing Your Due Diligence (8/15/2008)
• Affecting Title to Real Property – The “Lis Pendens” (8/14/2008)
• Tax Lien Foreclosures and Bankruptcy (8/7/2008)
• Staving Off The Foreclosure Juggernaut (7/26/2008)
• Freddie and Fannie – “Daddy, we need your credit card!!” (7/14/2008)
• Mr. Foreclosure and the Copper Thieves (7/10/2008)
• What happens to a tax lien in a foreclosure? (6/30/2008)
• What’s With the Short Sale? (6/23/2008)
• Fleishman Law’s Tax Lien Foreclosure Primer (6/23/2008)
• The Rising Tide (6/18/2008)
• Not Your Typical Foreclosure…. (6/12/2008)
• Stucco vs Equines (6/12/2008)
• Foreclosure Woes (6/12/2008)