Every news channel, newspaper, and district attorney is looking for their next mortgage related press release.FBI = Federal = Jail = No Fun!

The guys I had hired to clean out the apartment then took these items to 'who knows where'.Said tenant has now sent me an informal letter stating that he has gotten back on his feet after a divorce and now has the means to properly and legally sue me for improper eviction proceedings and theft of his personal property. he states he has spoken to several neighbors who will attest to the fact that his property was loaded into a truck and stolen. he also states that he documented with witnesses several calls he made to me asking where his things were and if there were any storage fees involved.

Do NOT stop making repairs, but IF it can be attributed to tenant damage, abuse, or misuse, then BILL them, and tack on late charges as allowed by the aforementioned documents when they don't pay.

I really have no idea how to go about it other than setting up a meeting, dressing nicely, and having documents showing my assets.

If that did work, and the score did go back up... the bad news is that the account would still show a 30 day late... it just would not impact the score since it was removed from the scoring model until the dispute is resolved.

If you want to follow the news about the investment banks and any new losses being reported just check one of three websites. 1 charges and the other two are more or less free.ft.com - Financial Timeswsj.com - Wall Street Journalnytimes.com - New York TimesCurrent financial news and good commentary as to the facts and meaning vs. the spin sometimes found in the more local press which is too far away from the investment banking business.

There is a lady that is going to do a story about it on one of the world news stations.

I think it's funny to hear the "News" on the real estate market...

The other 20% of the job is knowing how to do Real Estate Investing.Also, it is not a bad idea to have an attorney draw up some documents for you...Good luck!

I hate that -- when a prognosticator blows the good news but gets the bad news right.In the other hand, we've been through recessions before, and recently.