Posts Tagged ‘loan modification lawyers’

What I Know About Loan Modifications – 2014

What I Know About Loan Modifications - 2014

I see loans get modified every day, and the people I see haven't paid anyone for anything, or if they did, it was hundreds, not thousands of dollars. At the same time, I've seen people who absolutely needed someone... (Continue reading)

California State Bar RECENT Decision to Cause More Harm to Homeowners in Foreclosure

California State Bar RECENT Decision to Cause More Harm to Homeowners in Foreclosure

The recent decision by the state bar court now effectively prohibits the charging of fees by lawyers even AFTER services have been completed. Yes, you read that correctly... lawyers can't take advance fees, nor can they be paid after... (Continue reading)

Bull… meet China Shop. SB 94 and the California State Bar, Two Years Later

Bull... meet China Shop.  SB 94 and the California State Bar, Two Years Later

At the California State Bar Association's 84th Annual Meeting, September 17, 2011, Susan Anderson presented what she said is the bar's official interpretation of SB 94, precluding a lawyer from being paid for services related to a loan modification until... (Continue reading)

The FTC Needs a More Reasoned Approach to Stop Loan Mod Scams

The FTC Needs a More Reasoned Approach to Stop Loan Mod Scams

Yes, I've walked through this steaming pile of freshness so many times and in so many ways, that I've come to consider the idea that there's something in the water that's causing otherwise intelligent people to lose their capacity for... (Continue reading)

ONCE AND FOR ALL, THE ANSWER IS YES. Water is wet, the sky is blue, and you need a lawyer… Period.

ONCE AND FOR ALL, THE ANSWER IS YES.  Water is wet, the sky is blue, and you need a lawyer… Period.

So, when an attorney fails to get a bank to agree that it would make more sense to modify a loan... when it would, by the way... and the bank forecloses anyway... let's blame the people that are actually to... (Continue reading)