I guess it only makes sense that if you are going to steal money from someone, you do it at a time when they have the most access to cash that most people will ever have: when they are spending their savings or the proceeds of a big mortgage loan to buy a home! Go…
Today’s blog is both a resignation to our recently shattered rainfall records and a shout out to a former Associate of our Firm who opened his own firm in Virginia Beach and Williamsburg, Virginia, as an Estate Planning Specialist. John S. Burton, Esq., wrote the following pithy newsletter to educate consumers on the need for…
What good is it if a lender claims to have the “highest customer satisfaction ratings” if the customer service surveys they use are all obtained immediately after closing? Sure, it was so simple to close with X, Y, Z lender, so few documents! they even sent a notary to my house to show me where…
It’s not often that we reprint in whole another blogger’s post. But Attorney Elizabeth Kayser is a part of our loose affiliation of attorneys who collaborate to make us all better at doing battle with stubborn lenders. This post from Elizabeth, though written based on her experience and law practice which spans several states in…
A potential client writes to our firm: Dear Anderson & Pittman: Good Morning. I have been discussing a deed transfer with my mother. Perhaps you can tell us if we even need to do a transfer of deed. I live in a home my mother owns and have paid the mortgage on the home from…
To quote a philosophical Bruce Lee, pioneering marshal arts movie star, when he was interviewed shortly before he died from accidental fight injuries in filming: “There is only one way to come into life, but many ways to go out of it.” Many people want to know what is the most common way for a…
With whole cable TV channels dedicated to the theme of Real Estate Investment, it is not surprising that the ranks of investors are growing crowded in many markets. There are still great deals to be had, but finding them, being the first to get a good written contract with the owner, and not “giving away…
The CFPB is one of those federal entities that is truly known by it’s initials. Even more so than FBI or CIA, you have to think for a minute to remember what it stands for. . . . ? Consumer . . . .??? Now to make things more difficult, the head of the CFPB…
My closing attorney never required wires from me in the past, why does he require a wire now? Why can’t I give him a cashier’s check? Don’t take it personally. The wire is becoming the soul source of funding because it is the fastest way to deposit money that is available in the shortest time. …
Many thanks to Hampton Roads Realtor, Dennis Blackmore, Dennis Blackmore 757-343-4949 dennis@757home.com http://www.757home.com for providing the top 5 reasons for buying or selling a home: First-time homebuyers often buy a “starter” home perfectly sized for two. However, when their family starts to grow by one or two kids, the walls can close in. When kids…
