The Quiet Man… Utah Attorney Walter Keane – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Utah Attorney Walter Keane is the lawyer that filed four quiet title claims last year, which means he was seeking to obtain a court order granting clear title to the properties in question. And all four were granted by the Utah courts… four quieted titles to the four homes. And at least one of the homeowners subsequently sold his home and went on his very merry way. This month’s in Harper’s magazine, Christopher Ketcham wrote a feature story about Walter, among other things, titled: “STOP PAYMENT! A homeowners’ revolt against the banks.”
I got to know Chris Ketcham as he was writing the story for Harpers, and yes I was a bit concerned that Walter’s experience obtaining quiet title would be met with… well, I don’t know… problems of one sort or another… and sure enough the state appeals court ended up saying no way. Free houses are just few and far between, so what’s new? Maybe if Walter Keane was your average foreclosure defense attorney, the story would have ended there, but Walter is anything but average… in fact, he’s nothing if not interesting… fascinating even. So, the story is not over, far from it. In fact, he’s more fired up than ever to help homeowners battle the banks.
Walter Keane is a very knowledgable and experienced lawyer who is also an out-of-the-box thinker. I really enjoyed interviewing him on this podcast, and whether you’re a homeowner or foreclosure defense attorney, I think you’ll find him sincere, interesting, smart… and very entertaining. You can find out more about him at his firm’s Website: www.waltertkeane.com.
This podcast is divided into Part One and Part Two. Part One is all about the quiet title experience, but in Part Two the real fun begins. Click PLAY below for Part One… and then come back for Part Two when you’re ready.
He’s The Quiet Man… Utah Attorney Walter Keane…
a Mandelman Matters Podcast
PART 1:
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PART 2:
Mandelman out.
Andelman sounds like he's ad a couple cocktails and was trying to make a case for the servicesers that is completely incongruent with the interview. Almost makes me want to de-subscribe.
Crocktails...? Hic... up, errrrp. Me? Well, no... actually, but if you hum a few bars I;ll see if I can fake it. :lol:
But seriously, thanks for taking the time to comment because that's exactly the response for which I was hoping. Here's the deal...
I'm tired of being told to blame some relatively small fish for a global meltdown that's not benefiting anyone... anywhere. Blame the homeowners, blame the mortgage brokers, blame the bill collecting servicers that work on a margin of under one percent and can't seem to do anything right.
What about the blaming banksters who made hundreds of billions defrauding the planet? What about our federal regulatory agencies who stood by as our largest financial institutions literally bankrupted themselves using internally-valued complex derivatives they borrowed against... or leveraged... as Wall Streeters like to say?
And where's Congress and/or our state legislatures? They all know what's been going on these last couple of years and they've done NOTHING to stop it or mitigate the damages being caused. Oh, I know a few states have filed lawsuits and beefed up a law here and there, but it's still a relative handful.
Lastly, the servicers... as incredible as this should seem... have gotten no better at this than they were three years ago. What do you think the problem is... think they need more time to practice?
I didn't "try to make a case for the servicers," as you put it... I made a case that we've been given the servicers to go after as the bogeymen... or in other words, we've been intentionally misdirected once again.
Yeah, it's the servicers everyone... the companies that send out the payment statements... yeah, that's the ticket... they're the problem. Bad servicers, bad servicers... someone get a rope, let's go hang a servicer.
Everyone knows that it's the servicver incentives that are the problem... there's nothing more to see here damn it, so move along.
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So, please don't "de-subscribe." If you're going to do anything, you should "unsubscribe," but I hope you won't do that either.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need a drink.
Mandelman out.