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All Forum Posts by: Michael Williams

Michael Williams has started 24 posts and replied 87 times.

Post: Do any of you play the lottery?

Michael WilliamsPosted
  • Investor
  • Memphis, TN
  • Posts 89
  • Votes 27

I only play when it gets to a certain point or when it gets ridiculously large like it is now. I play for fun as well and it's good for the mind to dream big. I even went as far as to write a book on what I've observed over the years and researched about lottery winners in 2015.  I was noticing that a vast majority of the winners were having extremely "Bad Luck" after winning. But was it "Bad Luck" or bad habits and environment? I learned a lot about the human condition while researching for the book. 

Post: 2b/1b Cashflow Property In Memphis |$9,500

Michael WilliamsPosted
  • Investor
  • Memphis, TN
  • Posts 89
  • Votes 27

This is a 2 bed 1 Bath that is down to the studs. The previous owner of several properties passed away before he could finish this one. The major cleanup has already been done. Needs a complete inside rehab. Large fenced in backyard. Hardwood floors and Lawyers paneling in the entrance Foyer. One car garage that has been converted into a small bonus room 3 step down from the kitchen. 

The rent in the area range from $650 - $750. There is a large midsouth real estate company buying in the area and renting these houses very quickly. I grew up in this area and my mom still lives here. 

The area is a mix of senior citizens that own their homes, middle age people that have inherited home from their parents, and younger families that are renting. The older owners and 40-50-year-old families are serious about taking care of their areas. This is a perfect house for an investor looking for a cash flow property or a good handyman that likes to do it him/herself and move in. All working class residents. 

Memphis is becoming popular for the ability to require properties at low cost with minimal rehab, good cash flow & investment pay off in a short period of time. You can see the video at 
601 Mallory Memphis TN.

Originally posted by @Wayne Brooks:

@Michael Williams It seems you’ve got caught up in going down the rabbit hole of all these online proclamations of fraud and conspiracies. Tons of people have promoted all kinds of false claims about the lending system trying to justify the unfairness of having bought at the top and watching their values plummet. A lot of grasping at delusional straws occurred.

MERS has long been attacked and has been found to be perfectly legal.....counties don’t like it because the whole purpose was to avoid paying mortgage assignment fees every time the mortgages were assigned/sold. All the legal “theories” about why it was “illegal” and voided any enforcement of the note was just pure garbage......promoted by foreclosure defense attorneys, along with all kinds of other bogus “defenses” so they could collect large fees from homeowners fighting foreclosure.....all the while the attorneys knowing these defenses were bogus, knowing they would never win, but it gave them a way to sell their services to desperate homeowners.

Here in FL it was an ever changing shift in new “marketing theories”........”show me the note” “invalid assignments”, “FL 5 year Statute of Limitations”, etc.

Yes, there was a lot of sloppy work by banks and their foreclosure attorneys, and some improper short cuts....robot signing, etc.  But none of this changes the fact that people borrowed money and couldn’t or didn’t want to pay it back when they went underwater.

Climb back out of the rabbit hole and move on....

 
I didn't just read a few articles about this subject, I was a subscriber to a site that teaches the average citizen how to research the laws pertaining to the TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act), what a servicing company can't and can't do as it pertains to foreclosures, The MERS system, Bifurcation,  and much more. Once you are armed with the right information you have a leg to stand on. I know it works because I was collecting rent on a foreclosed house for 5 years because of banks greed before I got lazy and made a mistake. I am speaking from experience. 

I strongly believe in paying my debts but don't blatantly lie to me and falsify documents to cover up your lies. There is plenty of documented cases of banks and mortgage companies doing this. This site provides plenty of case law and transcripts from these cases. So this information comes from research and study. 

Originally posted by @John D.:

@Michael Williams If you haven't yet been shared a copy of a mortgage statement showing what he owes, and what the basics of the mortgage terms are, either you haven't built sufficient rapport, or you haven't asked him for that statement.  No need to wait 40 days to see he is seriously considering you as a buyer, if you can't get that statement, he's not.

 
You could be correct, but I will still follow up. 

Originally posted by @John D.:

Darn system of Statues 

 

John, this is the best response yet...I love it. LOL!
Correction: "Statutes"

Originally posted by @Rich S.:

Any update on what actually happened with the property that caused the start of this thread in the first place?

 
He said that Remax made him an offer to sell it before me and he is giving them 45 days to honor his terms, which is for them to pay all closing cost and not have one cent come out of his pocket.  He said he actually owes $67k and ReMax offered him $90k and they will do the repairs. It only needs about $5k for paint landscaping & other minor repairs. No plumbing, roof, or electrical problems HE says. The community is a mixture of differently designed homes, several small farms, a couple of new subdivisions, and close to a major shopping complex. It's about 4 miles from the interstate. 

I will follow up in 40 days. 

Originally posted by @Michael Williams:
Originally posted by @Wayne Brooks:

@Michael Williams The simple fact that you claim a bank needs your permission to sell/assign your mortgage, and it’s illegal for them to do it without your permission,  discredits anything else you claim.

 

O.K. If you say so. It appears to be legal because of the systemof "STATUES" we are in. If I sign a contract with you and you assign that contract to someone without my consent or knowledge can that be considered fraud? 

For the sake of argument let's say that there is a clause somewhere in my contract that I didn't find to support an assignment, that still does not negate the fact that my modification paperwork was returned 3 times and a payment was returned and other banks are being sued for the same practices. If you feel this kills credibility to the rest of my statements you have that right; but for anybody that is reading this do the research and judge for yourself. 

 

Correction: NOLO law says that it's legal if the borrower is contacted. After posting a reply to your post I read up on exactly how the process of MERS, Pools, credit default swaps, and numerous other terms that have to do with the process actually work. It's plain to see that the legality of this issue is clouded in the chain of movement of mortgage AFTER assignments. I guess one could say that it was legal for a bank to bank assignment. It's a shame that the fix is in but there is nothing we can do about it.  

Originally posted by @Brent Coombs:
Originally posted by @Anthony Wick:

I bet 90% of home owners couldn't tell you how much they owe on their house, what the current value is, and what interest payment they are even paying. This seller is either misinformed, mistaken, or flat out lying. There is definitely some information missing. That loan would have to be at about 11% to still owe $78k. 

Nope. An amortization calculator shows that even at 7% (amortized over 35 years, like @Chris Mason hinted), a $96,500 mortgage (monthly PITI payments ~$830), would still have a remaining balance after 17 years of around $75k.

[And that doesn't include penalties for delinquent payments along the way].

The owner's main problem was buying in a location that hasn't bounced back since the GFC.

These days, I don't know why any investor would bother with little/no equity deals...

 


I think these are still deals even today. 

Originally posted by @Wayne Brooks:

@Michael Williams The simple fact that you claim a bank needs your permission to sell/assign your mortgage, and it’s illegal for them to do it without your permission,  discredits anything else you claim.

 

O.K. If you say so. It appears to be legal because of the systemof "STATUES" we are in. If I sign a contract with you and you assign that contract to someone without my consent or knowledge can that be considered fraud? 

For the sake of argument let's say that there is a clause somewhere in my contract that I didn't find to support an assignment, that still does not negate the fact that my modification paperwork was returned 3 times and a payment was returned and other banks are being sued for the same practices. If you feel this kills credibility to the rest of my statements you have that right; but for anybody that is reading this do the research and judge for yourself. 

Originally posted by @Paul Defngin:

I know this is not directly related to the original question of this post, but WOW!  Some of the comments on this post is just-wow; really? I mean the bank is really out there to get you? Really?  Wow. Banks are not interested in misleading  or tricking anyone. They are not interested in tricking you, so that they can take your house. If you want to borrow money, the bank is willing to lend you money. 

You are just as much responsible to understand what you are signing. No one is putting a gun to your head and say, sign on this dotted line for a 30 year mortgage. It’s a choice. Pay your bills that you agreed to pay, and the bank will not foreclose on you. Period. The end. 

 
Paul I must disagree with you because there are plenty of documented and reported case on how banks are misleading people. The Banking industry is the biggest problem in this country. They have been getting sued by consumers for decades for clear fraud, forgery, and flat out lying. I know that this is my post and off topic but the banking industry is predatory, you must see that. 

It may not seem that way to certain people that have big money relationships with banks and great credit and I am not mad at those people for having the knowledge, fortitude or inheritance to be in that group. I'm trying to get there as well. But when you tell me that you can help me with a modification, tell me not to send any payments for 3 months, and purposely delay the paperwork so that it can become 90 days late so the mortgage insurance can pay for the house and you sell it to a servicing company, that's predatory. This, even after I got suspicious and started sending in payments, which they sent back to make sure it went into default. This practice is what Bank Of America is being sued for now.

Millions of houses are in a POOL with millions of other houses in MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration System) so that Wall Street Cats can get fatter, which is illegal because it separates the note from the mortgage making it an unsecured debt. - Can you say "Bifurcation"?.  

Banks are holding on to houses that are upside down so that they will not show a loss on their books. Even if those houses become dilapidated and bring down a neighborhood they hold on to them. Are these not tricks? My mortgage has clear forgeries on it but I don't have the power or clout to fight them. Every time they assign your house to another bank without your consent or signature that's fraud. 

As I have said I can't be mad at them because they are the champions of the world, I just have to adapt to their games by learning the rules. But they are the worst and most terrible parasites to our society. Yes, I said it. Why do you think private investors are the new banks. And soon the first adopters of cryptocurrency will be the new banking industry, without the lies and fraud. Remember you heard that prediction here first.