Fiscal Cliff- We Survived the Fall - Now What??
If there was a real "fiscal" Cliff, at least three-quarters (¾) of Congress would have been ... Read full article
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Fiscal Cliff - Who Is Cliff Anyway?
The much discussed fiscal cliff about which will fall over (or not based on Congres ... Read full article
Home Loans - Too Risky? Don't Ask, Don't Tell!
Student Loans: Legal Loan Sharking
Student Loans: Legal Loan Sharking Student Loan Sharking. Harsh? NO! Outstanding student loans in this country have exceeded $1,000,000,000.00 (One Trillion Dollars). At least 15% of those loans are "private" loans, meaning not made by a ... Read full article
Debit Cards and Colleges; An Unholy Alliance
Colleges are courting the Devil - the Debit Card Devil. ... Read full article
"Too Big To Fail?"; JPMorgan's $9B Loss
BLACK EYE FOR JP MORGAN The "Too Big To Fail" banks are at the center of the current U.S economic prob ... Read full article
Problem: Principal Write-Down or Principle Write-Down?
As the details
As the details of the Mortgage Settlement Agreement, the deal between 49 of 50 states and the U.S. on one side, and BanK of America, Wells Fargo, CitiBank, Ally Financial, and JP Morgan/Chase on the other, become analyzed, it a HUGE win for the Banks. The ... Read full article
Force-Placed Insurance $$ - The Consumer Fiance Protection Board I Missing The Mark
Mortgage Settlement - Not For Everyone
Hooray! We have a Mortgage Settlement - $26B worth but who gets help and where does the rest of the money go? NO ONE KNOWS yet, and no one know who is covered and will get assistance of any kind! ... Read full article
Mortgage Settlement:Sky Clearing or Storm Coming?
"I Disclose... Nothing"
"Danger Will Rogers...Danger" *
Steven Pearlstein, a columnist for the Washington Post wrote about the "Global ... Read full article
Bankruptcy; Not a Four-Letter Word
Bankruptcy has had a bad reputation over the decades for some good and some bad reasons. The good reasons f ... Read full article
Bigger & Fewer: "Banks" Rule
HAMP: "You Probably Think This LAW Is About YOU!"
This posting's title, with apologies to Carly Simon who wrote and sung Billboard's 72nd most popular song ever, is appropriate if any of us think that the Mortgage Modi ... Read full article
Legacy Assets - Not Much Of An Inheritence
The Wall Street Journal in its February 5-6, 2011 edition had an article by David Benoit, entitled "BofA Sets Mortgage Cleanup Unit". The article about Bank of America was in the middle of the "B" ... Read full article
Mortgage Mods - Where Did The Money Go?
The Power To Heal
I strongly believe that the role of lawyers as it affects society in law itself and finance has been corrupted. ... Read full article
We Have Been Sent To The Minors