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Loan Modification Scam

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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…]

Affecting Title to Real Property – The “Lis Pendens”

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In cases involving real property, a plaintiff often will file what is called a "lis pendens," which is Latin for suit pending. The purpose of filing a lis pendens is to secure a plaintiff’s claim on a property so that a sale, mortgage, or encumbrance of the property will not diminish the plaintiff’s rights to … [Read more…]