Short Sale Nightmare: Seller & Buyer sued by Fannie Mae & MERS

SHOCKER!!   Buyer of a short sale doesn’t own the property he just purchased (or does he?).  Seller of the short sale paid off the wrong party (or did he?). The below email was sent to Neil Garfield at Living Lies.  Sadly this is not shocking at we know of two other lawsuits where the seller [...]

Bank of America to pay $8.5 Billion

On the surface this looks like a win for the investors who lost billions when they bought lousy and in many cases FAKE mortgage backed securities.   But the question for Henry Homeowner who is wrestling with his own mortgage woes is, what does this mean to me?  Will I benefit from this “win”? I have [...]

Foreclosure info from LPS details banks getting paid 2-3x for the foreclosure!

The friendly folks at BankofAmericaSuck.com posted information about the screens and the access to info that your bank has about your home loan. LPS, short for Fidelity’s Lender Process Services is the nations largest insurance & foreclosure tracking servicing and is used by many banks to handle the nitty gritty details involved in managing your [...]

Tips for Success with Bank of America’s Equator system

Part 2 – Equator Tips for Success If you want to be successful in short sales that require Equator make sure to employ these Tips and Traps. Part 1 can be read here The following Equator tips and traps come from Dan Welch.  Dan Welch is the lead short sale negotiator for Home Solution Counselors [...]

Traps to Avoid with Bank of America’s Equator system.

Part 1 – Equator Traps to Avoid. If you want to be successful in short sales that require Equator make sure to employ these Tips and Traps. The following Equator tips and traps come from Dan Welch.  Dan Welch is the lead short sale negotiator for Home Solution Counselors.  Dan saw the light and fled [...]

Mortgage Insurance, can it help me?

A frequent question we get is, “What about my mortgage insurance?” There exists a general perception that MIP (mortgage insurance premiums) paid either all up front (or monthly) somehow covers your loan like GAP insurance protects you on a car loan.  This is wrong. Mortgage insurance was created to: a) Make money for the mortgage [...]

Bank of America is ready to resume foreclosures.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that BofA is ready to crank up the foreclosure machine once again. Amazing what can be done when Bank of America might take a financial hit. BofA can’t seem to locate the submitted paperwork for a loan modification (or short sale) at least 30% of the the time.  Their [...]

J.P. Morgan Chase’s fraud causes halt to foreclosures!

J.P. Morgan Chase, who only weeks ago was busted AGAIN for fraudulent and fabricated documents halts foreclosures just like GMAC (Ally). Fitch Ratings, which is a credit-rating firm has said that “defects”, i.e. fraud, have been found in foreclosure documents at Chase and that these type of “defects” are industry-wide.  DUH?? It has been widely [...]

Do you need a lawyer or a REALTOR?

The answer is very likely YES; as in both. If you are listing and selling short sales then your seller very likely needs not only you as a licensed agent to sell the real estate (and we recommend only the use of REALTORS in good standing with their local boards and MLS) but also the [...]

Bank of America Sued In Texas For Abusing Homeowners with Misinformation and Misdirection

For the most part BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP is the pits.   Faxing documents several times in a  row because BAC “lost them” or got a new fax number has been the norm for a long time.   Before Equator kicked in (which is a whole other story) Bank of America was consistently the slowest servicer [...]