Given the paranoia over Russian meddling in US elections, and now revelations that there may be cyberbombs ready to explode in our softwares that run our public utilities . . . and now the N. Y. Times makes the treasonous revelation that the U. S. has taken to counter-terrorism against Russian utilities! Where will it…
For years, creative defaulting homeowners and their attorneys have thrown up a phalanx of new and old defenses to slow down the foreclosure process. The best defense has always been to live in a “judicial foreclosure” state where the court system must be invoked by the lender in order to take back a property for…
Ever since the knee jerk reaction to the crash of Oh Eight, self-employed borrowers have often been intimidated away from the mortgage application process. Despite self-employed (the “gig economy”) vocations growing as a market segment, Fear and trepidation have caused a significant 10 year drop off of self-employed applications for home loans. Dodd-Frank, the 900…
One of the novel questions we received in the new year concerns short selling a property held by a Trust. Many a well intended realtor has done their job only to miss the pay day (and reimbursement of advertising fees) when attempting to sell a property when they find that the person for whom they…
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…
People Die. Statutes of Limitation Run Out. Loan Commitments Expire. Creditor companies go out of business. Witnesses relocate. Co-Owners become estranged and quit cooperating. Foreclosing Trustees refuse to postpone auctions. Memories fade. All these realities added together make a pretty compelling reason to know about and start fixing possible title problems at the earliest possible…
