Jackbooted Thugs: Safeguard Properties Internal Documents Reveal Rampant Complaints Of Trash Outs, Thefts, Break-Ins

~ “The complaints came from homeowners, mortgage companies and neighbors of the properties Safeguard managed. Between January and August of 2009, Kubovcik logged 682 such cases, according to his records, or about 85 per month. During the first three months of 2010, the pace increased to nearly 100 a month. The records show that more … Read more

INDEPENDENT FORECLOSURE REVIEW | Payments to Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Borrowers Covered by Foreclosure Agreement to Begin May 3

INDEPENDENT FORECLOSURE REVIEW | Payments to Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley borrowers covered by foreclosure agreement to begin May 3 For immediate release Payments to more than 220,000 borrowers whose mortgages were serviced by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are scheduled to begin on Friday, May 3 following an agreement announced earlier this year by … Read more

OCC Misses Another Conflict of Interest: Independent Foreclosure Review Outreach/Payment Processor Rust Consulting Owned By Residential Real Estate Player Apollo, Being Sold to VC Arm of Citigroup

OCC Misses Another Conflict of Interest: Foreclosure Review Outreach/Payment Processor Rust Consulting Owned By Residential Real Estate Player Apollo, Being Sold to VC Arm of Citigroup It appears that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Fed dropped the ball yet again on vetting firms involved in the Orwellianly-named Independent Foreclosure Review … Read more

Will ‘Rental Nation’ Plague Your Property?

Will ‘Rental Nation’ plague your property? South Florida homeownership is down and neighborhoods brim with renters, who don’t care as much about upkeep and issues that keep values high. Investor homes in your area: Find out who’s scooping up bargain houses and where. Click here: http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/investor-homes The fragile sense of community in homeowner Bryan Melzard’s … Read more

Lorraine Brown: DOCX’, Lender Processing Services’ (LPS’) Patsy Sentencing Hearing re The Biggest Foreclosure Scam in History

Lorraine Brown: DOCX, Lender Processing Services’ (LPS) Patsy Sentencing Hearing RE The Biggest Scam in the Whole Meltdown Note: Sentencing hearing was yesterday but judge deferred his ruling. From what we understand, her defense team was not pleased. She has state sentences  coming up and they want her in federal prison. If the states get … Read more

Fraudclosure: This is an Apology to Our Neighbors, Our Neighborhood and Our City

This is an Apology to Our Neighbors, Our Neighborhood and Our City By suttershome This is a letter I felt compelled to write to the letter of the editor of our local newspaper. The payouts that are being paid to affected homeowners is a straight up joke! Some are getting as little as $300. Amazing … Read more

PBS FRONTLINE: The Retirement Gamble Facing Us All

The Retirement Gamble Facing Us All Retirement is big business in America, but is the system costing workers and retirees more than what they’re getting in return, asks FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith. ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet

IFR: THIS IS GARBAGE! STEAL MY HOME & SEND ME A CHECK FOR $2,000? IT’S 100% BULLSHIT and YOU KNOW IT!

    THIS IS GARBAGE! STEAL MY HOME & SEND ME A CHECK FOR $2,000?  IT’S 100% BULLSHIT and YOU KNOW IT! According to the original published table of remediation for the Independent Foreclosure Review, I am to receive $125,000.00, the wrongful foreclosure sale rescinded. and the loan permanently modified!   THIS REVIEW IS SO CROOKED … Read more

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LORRAINE BROWN – SENTENCING GUIDELINES – Linda Green, DOCX, LPS, Lender Processing Services “No actual loss, No victims”

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LORRAINE BROWN SENTENCING GUIDELINES – Linda Green, DOCX, LPS, Lender Processing Services “No actual loss, No victims” Lorraine Brown is due to be sentenced on April 23, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. following her guilty plea to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § … Read more

Independent Foreclosure Review: Interview of David Holland, CEO of Rust Consulting, by Sen Elizabeth Warren

Independent Foreclosure Review: Interview of David Holland, CEO of Rust Consulting, by Senator Elizabeth Warren Editor’s note: This is a spoof interview of David Holland, CEO of Rust Consulting, by Senator Elizabeth Warren   Senator Elizabeth Warren (EW): Mr. Holland, you have been asked to reappear in from of the Senate Banking subcommittee because your … Read more

Mortgage Relief Checks Go Out, Only to Bounce

“It’s the perfect ending for such a debacle,” said Michael Redman, a paralegal who runs 4closurefraud.org, a Web site for victims of foreclosure abuse. ~ Mortgage Relief Checks Go Out, Only to Bounce When the bank account is running dry and the mortgage payment is coming due, the phrase “insufficient funds” is the last thing … Read more

Rust Consulting on Foreclosure Review Checks: “We apologize to anyone who experienced problems trying to cash their checks.”

Independent Foreclosure Review Payment Agreement Underway MINNEAPOLIS, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Rust Consulting, as the Paying Agent for the Independent Foreclosure Review Payment Agreement, has begun distributing payments to borrowers. On Friday, April 12, approximately 1.4 million payments were sent. Some early payment recipients were told that their checks could not be cashed due … Read more

First They Came For The Deadbeats: Judge Orders Guns Taken From Woman Facing Foreclosure

JUDGE ORDERS GUNS TAKEN FROM WOMAN FIGHTING FORECLOSURE Judge under criminal investigation for quid pro quo sexual favors By Clinton Kirby On April 10, a judge granted a 3-year restraining order—under which she is required to turn in her guns–against Karen Rozier, a California woman fighting to save her home from foreclosure by US Bank. … Read more

A Squatter’s Life: Woman Lives for Free in Home Once Valued at $1.1M, For Almost Two Years

Woman lives for free in once $1.1M home Neighbors claim Kenia Souto moved into southwest Miami-Dade home in Nov 2011 Police reports show Souto answered the door for officers. She had keys, electricity, furniture, and the house appeared to have someone living in it, the report said. She told police she was in negotiations with … Read more

Special Report | New Kid on the Block: Corporate Titans – Wall Street Buys Up Main Street

“This is a growing market where people, more and more, are becoming renters either by choice or because of economic circumstances,” said Marcus Ridgway, chief operating officer for Invitation Homes.” ~ New kid on the block:corporate titans Post Special Report Wall Street buys up Main Street Palm Beach County real estate investor Chip Bryan added … Read more

“Beat Da Rap” By Shady D

Knowing how much our Commander-in-Chief likes a good rap song, I penned this ditty with him in mind. Thanks to his help, we beat the rap. Look out Jay Z, “The Commander-in-Thief” Shady D is in da house! Seriously, whether we hold your note or not, I’m in your house! ~ “Beat Da Rap”  By … Read more

BAR FIGHT!!! Rare Dispute Within Florida Bar Over Quickie Foreclosure Bills Heats Up

“It was with a very heavy heart and hand that we decided to oppose the very organization that we are members of,” said South Florida foreclosure defense attorney Roy Oppenheim, who signed the letter opposing the bills with other local lawyers including Royal Palm Beach-based Tom Ice. “But if they think we’re going to stand … Read more

Warren on Banking Committee Hearing – Illegal Foreclosures and The Independent Foreclosure Review

“You work for the people not the banks!” “You have made a decision to protect the banks but not to help the families who were illegally foreclosed on.  Families get pennies on the dollar for being the victims of illegal activities.  And you know of cases where the banks broke the laws, but you are … Read more

All In With Chris Hayes: Foreclosure Settlement: A Nationwide Crime Scene

Foreclosure settlement: a nationwide crime scene Banks are foreclosing on military members, on people who had been approved for a loan modification, and even on people who were never behind in their payments–all part of an astounding settlement that shortchanged millions of homeowners and left hundreds of thousands wrongfully ejected from their homes.  Former Governor … Read more

Independent Foreclosure Review Payment Agreement Details

Independent Foreclosure Review Payment Agreement Details The table below provides number of eligible borrowers and payment amounts in each category for borrowers covered by the Independent Foreclosure Review Payment Agreement. The agreement was announced in January 2013 between federal banking regulators — the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Board of Governors … Read more