Foreclosure or not? I’ve been using the f-word a lot here in my Summerville, South Carolina law office. (That’s “foreclosure,” not the other f-word, by the way.) And I’ve noticed a transition in attitudes among clients. It’s gone from, “I don’t want foreclosure no matter what” to “let’s discuss what happens if my lender forecloses.” [...]
Real estate
When filing bankruptcy, one of your most important assets (a fancy word for property) is your real estate. All interests you have in real estate must be listed on Schedule A of the bankruptcy paperwork. You think this is easy? Usually it is. But here are some pointers. Be sure you know what interest in [...]
Chapter 11 small business part one discussed some of the reasons businesses lose money, and the start of the analysis business owners need to do before deciding if a small business Chapter 11 makes sense. So, you figure out what it cost to run the business every month, then, you know how much you need [...]
Just because you have not been foreclosed on yet, does not mean you will be getting a mortgage modification. image by: dreamstime Foreclosures will be increasing again, as the freeze on foreclosures by Fannie Mae and others has ended. Having further depressed the housing market with all the foreclosures already completed, mortgage companies appear to [...]
image credit: dreamstime One of the many problems with Mortgage loan modifications is, the bank virtually always forces homeowners to give up their rights, under consumer protection laws, to sue the mortgage company. In other words, say there were Truth in Lending law violations committed against you by your mortgage company. Now, in order [...]
Yes, mortgage foreclosures predicted to increase, to 16% of all homes with mortgages, by the end of 2012. All the more reason bankruptcy reform is needed now, as advocated in this post by Kansas bankruptcy attorney Jill Michaux. Horrible ARM mortgages were being written through June of 2007. I know because I had a client [...]
