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Don’t Fall Asleep at the Wheel

July 8, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

David Funkhouser and Benjamin Nielsen, attorneys with Quarles & Brady LLP, recently warned in their Commercial Litigation Law Update that Arizona tax lien foreclosures are wreaking havoc on lenders and borrowers.  Quarles & Brady represents many large banks and lenders, so it should come as little surprise that they are concerned about the impact of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tax Lien Foreclosure Tagged: deed in lieu, foreclosure attorney, Land Use, Maricopa County, modification, Tax Lien Foreclosure, Tucson real estate attorney

The Dirty Dozen Feeling the Heat from the Feds?

September 1, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

When it rains, it pours.  The fallout from the artificially generated housing bubble and the attendant financial crisis is really starting to take hold against the various major players in the banking industry.  It seems everyone with any stake in the mortgage meltdown, from individual home owners to purchasers of mortgage-backed securities, are seeking their … [Read more…]

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Breathing Underwater

November 4, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

A great article by Don Lee – Tribune Washington Bureau – highlights how underwater mortgages are a serious contributor to the dismal performance of the national economy.  It is estimated that there are 15 million homeowners who are undewater on their mortgages, many of whom can and continue to pay on their mortgage, but have … [Read more…]

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Careful When You Close The Door Behind You

November 3, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

A San Diego police officer and his wife recently pleaded not guilty to accusations that they trashed their foreclosed home in Riverside County, taking $44,000 in appliances and fixtures with them when they moved out.  Both have been charged with one felony count of damaging or carrying away items from a foreclosed property.  Damage was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Foreclosure Topics, Land Use, Real Estate, Tax Lien Foreclosure Tagged: anti-deficiency, Arizona, attorney, estate, foreclosure, foreclosure attorney, Foreclosure Topics, land, Land Use, lien, real, Real Estate, tax, Tax Lien Foreclosure, Tucson, use

MERS: The Risk of Efficiency

October 19, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

MERS or the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, little known before the foreclosure tsunami struck, was developed in the early 1990’s by a number of financial entities, including Bank of America, Countrywide, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, allegedly to allow consumers to pay less for mortgage loans, streamline the mortgage process through electronic commerce, and eliminate … [Read more…]

Posted in: Foreclosure Topics, Land Use, Real Estate, Tax Lien Foreclosure Tagged: Arizona, attorney, County, estate, foreclosure, foreclosure attorney, Foreclosure Topics, land, Land Use, lien, Maricopa, Maricopa County, Pima, Pima County, real, Real Estate, tax, Tax Lien Foreclosure, Tucson, use

Loan Modification Scam

September 17, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

Let’s start out with this – I’m incensed today.  The newest cottage industry to crop up in the wake of the foreclosure tsunami are the loan modifiers.  Many of the most notorious loan modification companies were headed by the same individuals that were all to happy to originate loans that never should have been considered … [Read more…]

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Tax Lien Foreclosure: Collecting Attorney’s Fees

August 29, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

In one of my prior blog posts (April 6, 2010 – "Tax Lien Foreclosure: Ready, Willing, and Able to Redeem"), I wrote about an unpublished Memorandum Decision from the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division 2 – Leveraged Land, Montgomery, v. Hodges, 2 CA-CV 2009-0057.  In that Decision, the Court overturned a default judgment that a tax … [Read more…]

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Tax Lien Foreclosure – Sub-taxing

June 29, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

Tax lien investors need to understand the importance of sub-taxing their tax liens in Arizona.  When a tax lien investor purchases a tax lien at the February Pima County tax lien sale, for example, that investor then has the right to purchase the next year’s delinquent taxes if the owner does not pay the subsequent … [Read more…]

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Tax Lien Foreclosure: Ready, Willing, and Able to Redeem

April 6, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

In the tax lien foreclosure world, appropriate service of process is absolutely crucial.  Consider what is at stake in a tax lien foreclosure case – the potential forfeiture of the right of the owner of a property to pay off their delinquent property taxes, which practically speaking means the likely loss of their property.  If … [Read more…]

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Arroyo Grande – The New Land Department

November 25, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

It has been interesting to watch the transition in the State Land Department, whose long-standing mission has been "to enhance value and optimize economic return" for the State Land Trust.  In practice, the Department has simply sold trust land to the highest bidder at public auction, which historically have been developers.  Despite ongoing attempts at … [Read more…]

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