
3 December 2010 | 33 replies
Mistakes may happen, and that offers the plaintiff or defendant an opportunity to appeal any decisions that are made.

25 March 2018 | 31 replies
On BP and even other online forums, discussions about pit bulls seem to be quite like discussion of politics or religion - one side vehemently defends their position and will not be readily persuaded to accept the position of the other side ;)
17 October 2010 | 23 replies
GMAC "discovered" this while a deposition for discovery was being performed by a defendant's attorney in defense of a foreclosure lawsuit - so don't give GMAC any credit for "discovering" this, give the defendant's attorney that credit.The other banks saw this $#!

21 January 2018 | 47 replies
(b) A conveyance in fee simple under subsection (a) includes a covenant from the grantor for the grantor and the grantor's heirs and personal representatives that the grantor: (1) is lawfully seized of the premises; (2) has good right to convey the premises; (3) guarantees the quiet possession of the premises; (4) guarantees that the premises are free from all encumbrances; and (5) will warrant and defend the title to the premises against all lawful claims.As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2.IC 32-17-1-3Estates tail; abolition Sec. 3.

9 November 2010 | 15 replies
(even though your liability coverage from your homeowners would defend such a suit)It depends on the facts of the issue at hand.if such a strategy would work.Your renting the property is not really an arm's length transaction either, you'll pay income tax on your rent, but the interest will be expensed.

24 November 2010 | 18 replies
Even if you held a gun to Al Gores head and made him confess, and showed this person every piece of data available clearly showing the earth cooling, that person will not change their belief system.Furthermore some people when they have these beliefs challenged can get very nasty defending it.

20 December 2010 | 90 replies
The Supreme Court has already said "no"...Just because you might want to throw aside the Constitution every time it defends something you and Glenn Beck don't like doesn't mean that our judicial system is going to do it.

15 December 2010 | 11 replies
Before being on the commercial side I was doing mainly short sales on the residential side about 4 years ago.The real estate commission and many others didn't even know what they were.In a appreciating market lenders won't do short sales usually as by the time it forecloses the asset has improved in price to cover more of the lender costs.I will tell you in short sales you can't make sense out of non-sense.I have had a short sale listing where we received 10 offers at 105k.An out of county agent did the BPO for the bank.Comps used were horrible.Bank rejected all the offers and went to foreclosure 2 months later.Re-listed as REO in month 3 and sold for 69,000.No sense but whatever.Sometimes the investors who own the loan think they have a diamond and it turns out to be a lemon but takes awhile for them to see it.2 years is not uncommon to hold up.Many times the investor would prefer to do a workout and put back payments on the loan then to take a big loss.Example rather than foreclosing and taking a big hit investor opts to reduce the home owners interest rate down to say 3% and then roll in the past due fees.So loan at 8% at 200k now you reduce to 3% and roll in 40k in back fees plus the servicer still makes fees off of the loan.Some states are very expensive to foreclose in as they use the judicial process.Also many lenders were using MERS to record documents and attorneys for the home owners can sue to show the foreclosing party doesn't have a legal right to the property.If a home owner knows their rights they can drag it out for years and years.A lender defending a lawsuit in court can costs hundreds of thousands of dollars over time.A good publication to read is www.mortgageservicingnews.com

22 December 2010 | 22 replies
I wouldn't be shocked if you were to be named the defendant in a lawsuit due to this scalding incident; ignorance ("personally i didnt even know they had scald protectors") is usually not an acceptable excuse.
22 February 2011 | 5 replies
Do not just pick up a template at Office Max or Staples.An attorney will be defending your lease in court when (not if) you have an eviction.