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How 2 civilian sleuths brought foreclosure problems to light
McClatchy Newspapers ^ | 10/13/2010 | By Tony Pugh | McClatchy Newspapers

Posted on 10/13/2010 8:44:15 PM PDT by Chunga85

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To: Chunga85

Don’t forget who caused all of this:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122290574391296381.html


41 posted on 10/14/2010 5:49:22 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (You know it's bad for them when Obama's #1 enemy is the Chamber of Commerce)
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To: Chunga85

Add me to the ping list I suppose. I didn’t mean to become obsessed with this issue, but you pay attention when a wildly swerving car is heading at you.


42 posted on 10/14/2010 5:49:36 AM PDT by listenhillary (A very simple fix to our dilemma - We need to reward the makers instead of the takers)
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To: Chunga85

Related Might have already been posted in this thread.

The enormous mortgage-bond scandal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2607229/posts


43 posted on 10/14/2010 5:53:19 AM PDT by listenhillary (A very simple fix to our dilemma - We need to reward the makers instead of the takers)
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To: Think free or die

Interesting - I’ll have to go to the courthouse and check on my own property. They want a $50 fee to do it online, which is too much. Paid off the loan last year and have the documents to prove it. No issues with any mortgage companies but I want to be sure.

This entire foreclosure issue needs to be worked out. I’m hoping/planning to be in a position to buy some property next year but I can’t act if I don’t know the condition of the title.


44 posted on 10/14/2010 6:12:32 AM PDT by meyer (Tax the productive to carry the freeloaders - What is it with democrats and slavery?)
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To: Think free or die

Good idea. Our mortgage was owned by Countrywide at one point. The last time we re-fi’ed, the papers were signed in the presence of a part time retired attorney in a rent-a-office. I forget the name of the bank that handled it all. My husband handled all those negotiations.

The attorney was a very nice man and very accomplished at his work. I found out that he had been quite important at one time around here, and just likes to do this work in retirement to keep busy. He was in his 80s. But, it doesn’t seem quite ‘kosher’, does it?


45 posted on 10/14/2010 6:13:45 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Southeast Wisconsin, Zone 4 to 5)
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To: afraidfortherepublic; NVDave; stephenjohnbanker; M. Espinola; blam; Quix; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
"Will the same thing happen about my house?"

I'm afraid it's probable and to think otherwise strains credulity.

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Below are two videos explaining the "microwavable" version...

Box in the Sock

Box in the Sock - Part II

Whew...got a heck of a pinglist going.

46 posted on 10/14/2010 6:24:07 AM PDT by Chunga85 ("Foreclosure Fraud", TARP, "Mortgage Crisis", Bailout)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
"The last time we re-fi’ed, the papers were signed in the presence of a part time retired attorney in a rent-a-office."

Our last re-fi was simliar. I was unimpressed. Since there was such a massive amount of re-financing going on, I just attributed it to volume getting ahead of the organization. I never thought they'd make a mess of our title. It seems naive now, but having grown up in a time when contracts were honored and strict procedures followed, I assumed they'd be doing the big things right even if it didn't look impressive.

47 posted on 10/14/2010 6:45:17 AM PDT by Think free or die
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To: ForGod'sSake

Read this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2607008/posts

And then tell me if fraud is involved or not.


48 posted on 10/14/2010 6:53:52 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: Chunga85

Have you added me to that pinglist? If not, please do.


49 posted on 10/14/2010 6:55:03 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Southeast Wisconsin, Zone 4 to 5)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Quite possible.

If that happens, though, and the lien is properly cleared, then you should be able to request a deed from your county (or whatever jurisdiction handles that).

I suspect there will be a sudden investment in paperwork tracking by banks and servicers, so that this shouldnt happen. In general, the people who work at servicers arent paid very well and their equipment is 3rd rate. I used to work at an I Bank whose servicer was based in Arlington, TX and they only bought 2nd hand servers!


50 posted on 10/14/2010 7:03:40 AM PDT by flushing_kenny (One by one, I will stop the motors of the world)
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To: 1066AD

Yes the Burger King kids & the folks who were the ones just shuffling papers but the bankers at Freddie & Fannie,Chase,GMAC etc & all the lawyers that hired the flunkies will never see the inside of a cell .


51 posted on 10/14/2010 9:08:38 AM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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To: Chunga85

Good job


52 posted on 10/14/2010 9:22:45 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: Chunga85

Please put me on the list. Thanks!


53 posted on 10/14/2010 9:40:43 AM PDT by angelrod
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To: Kartographer
And then tell me if fraud is involved or not.

Excellent article and background. I didn't mean to imply there wasn't some degree of fraud, or more accurately chicanery involved in this whole stinking affair. It's truly PERVASIVE and truth be known, much of it actually begins at the street level. But more to your point with a simple analogy for my simple mind: I don't blame a fox for acting like a fox. He can usually be counted on to do what foxes do and will raid a henhouse at every opportunity. Where were those ostensibly guarding the henhouse at the numerous levels along the way? IMHO our watchdogs, or the ones that actually cared, were simply out of their league or thwarted by their superiors who were players in the larger game. I don't mean to diminish the participation of the fox in all this but there were countless opportunities to rein in the foolishness. Due diligence flew the coop{{snort}} at just about every level. Why?

In any case, if the intent was to defraud, WHO were the marks in all this "paperwork" chicanery? In the mean time, the environment in which these shenanigans were allowed to proliferate is what we should maybe be spending our time looking into. Did those guarding the henhouse decide there were enough chickens to go around thus enabling the fox to have his way? A tangled web to be sure and placing the blame would probably require fingering every player along the way-- some more than others.

54 posted on 10/14/2010 10:27:05 AM PDT by ForGod'sSake (You have just two choices: SUBMIT or RESIST with everything you've got!)
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To: flushing_kenny

And if more than one entity lays claim? What if they come saying hey we were never paid bcause the service agent didn’t know who to send the money to or if they did they didn’t note what mortgage it went against? I am not saying it can’t be cleaned-up but it could end-up costing you thousands of dollars and hours and hours of your time. Some are saying that there maybe no way to clean the deed up depending on how mired they become in various law suits which are bond to arise.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2607008/posts


55 posted on 10/14/2010 10:44:10 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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