The Florida Foreclosure Fraud Weblog
Where Florida homeowners fight back against foreclosure fraud
I read another Attorney Discipline Report today. The attorney’s name isn’t important (and while the Attorney Discipline Report is a matter of public record, telling you his name wouldn’t do anything except further embarrass and humiliate him), but his story is. This particular lawyer was first disciplined in 2010, and after the disciplinary order was […]
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The law firm of Ricardo, Wasylik & Kaniuk, PL is proud to announce a new initiative called the Hundred Homes Project in an effort to help 100 families recover or keep homes that have wrongly entered foreclosure proceedings. According to attorney Michael Alex Wasylik, thousands of homes across the state of Florida have been wrongfully […]
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Glarum has the banks running scared. The biggest challenge banks face in today’s foreclosure crisis is that they still haven’t come to grips with the need to tell the truth when they testify. The recent case of Glarum v. LaSalle [PDF] has put even more pressure on the banks to tell the truth in foreclosure […]
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Ricardo, Wasylik & Kaniuk, PL is proud to announce a series of FREE FORECLOSURE SEMINARS to be held in February. These programs are designed to provide homeowners with FREE Information about Loan Modifications, Short Sales and Foreclosure Defense. Ron Kaniuk, the Managing Partner of the Firm’s South Florida Operations noted that these programs were being […]
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The St. Pete Times reports on April Charney coming to town again: At the start of class, April Charney makes one thing clear. “This is very dense, complicated work,” she warns. “If you don’t get it, raise your hand and ask questions because the chances are others don’t get it either.” [She’s speaking to] lawyers […]
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UPDATE Since this article was posted, federal law has changed to protect the rights of tenants. If you’re a Florida resident and your landlord is in foreclosure, find out what you can do to stay in your home for the duration of your lease, under the “Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009,â€. Time to […]
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“We are asking the Court to shut them down.” Another loan-modification shop, this time in conjunction with a law firm, has apparently run afoul of the law. Florida’s Attorney General, Bill McCollum, has sued Florida Foreclosure Law Center LLC and Lincoln Lending Services and said at a press conference: We are asking the court to […]
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Since the passage of Florida’s Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Act, § 501.1377, many operations have been trying to get around the new law by teaming up with attorneys to offer services, in hopes that the attorney’s exemption would shield them from liability. The Florida Bar has called foul. In a just-released Ethics Opinion, the Bar has […]
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Yesterday, nationally-recognized foreclosure expert April Charney came to Tampa to train Bay Area lawyers how to fight foreclosures and help homeowners save their homes. If the lender can’t prove it owns the loan, judges will sometimes throw out the foreclosure. If the wrong lender forecloses, Charney said, homeowners could face another lawsuit later. Charney said […]
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I appeared recently on a Tampa-based show, “Success Made Simple” with Anthony Kocovic, discussing foreclosure defense. The video has just been released: Enjoy the show, and have a happy New Year!
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Losing your home? Most homeowners facing a mortgage default have already come to grips with that consequence or at least they know it’s a very likely possibility. But may don’t realize that, long after losing their home, they might still end up paying against the debt for years, even decades. The false promise of loss […]
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Tomorrow night I’ll be speaking to the North Tampa chapter of the Tampa Bay Real Estate Investors Association on “Defending Foreclosures.” Anyone who’s in the North Tampa area (near Carrollwood) and is curious about the topic should come and hear the presentation. Admission, I believe, is free. The details: Wed. July 9, 2008, 7:00 p.m. […]
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