PART TWO – How to Take Your Power Back When at Risk of Foreclosure
First of all, it’s important to recognize that each homeowner’s situation is entirely unique… like snowflakes, no two are exactly alike. And the bottom-line is that your mortgage servicer is limited...
View ArticleI’m Not a Total Idiot, You Know.
I’m not a total idiot. I know what many if not most people involved in the foreclosure crisis want me to write about… and I know what people don’t want to hear. You do realize that, right? I...
View ArticleUsing the California Homeowner Bill of Rights to Fight Foreclosure
As I’ve been saying for several years now, the answer to the foreclosure crisis for homeowners does not and will not be found in the courtroom. Foreclosure law is state law and there’s just no way...
View ArticleMandelman Appears on Washington State Public Television Show on Foreclosures …
I was asked by Janet Reiner to appear on her community access television show about the foreclosure crisis and I agreed. Along with me was John Wright from Piggybank Blog and I think the whole thing...
View ArticleWhat Happens in Nevada with Foreclosures, Ends Up on Mandelman Matters
After more than two years since legislation in Nevada almost brought foreclosures to a standstill, the news going forward for Nevada homeowners facing foreclosure is not good. The Nevada state...
View ArticleIllinois Attorney Saves Homes from Foreclosure Using Reverse Mortgages
Here’s a foreclosure avoidance strategy that you don’t hear about every day… or maybe ever. This past year, Illinois foreclosure defense attorney, Rick Rogers of the Rogers Law Group, used the...
View ArticleOhio Foreclosures Accelerate… Now Third Highest in Nation
As of April of this year, foreclosure activity in Ohio had accelerated to the third highest level in the nation, and it’s not just “activity,” we’re talking huge jump in actual sheriff’s sales and...
View ArticleWhat people NEED to know about the foreclosure crisis in 2013 & 2014
No one will like hearing this, and I take no pleasure in writing it… but the cold, harsh reality about the foreclosure crisis… and the mortgage industry knows this… is that absent any unforeseen and...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Mortgage Backed Securities with Impac...
William “Bill” Ashmore is the co-founder and President of Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc. And I have to say that I’m absolutely thrilled to be able to offer my listeners this Mandelman Matters Podcast,...
View ArticleDid Some Type of Insurance or Credit Default Swap Pay Off Your Mortgage?
I’m not entirely sure where exactly the rumor started, but somehow the idea has surfaced that when a homeowner defaults on his or her mortgage, that loan is being paid off by various types of...
View ArticleState of New York Foreclosure Resource Links
STATE OF NEW YORK GOVERNMENT RESOURCES: Governor of New York Governor, Andrew M. Cuomo Department of Civil Service Department of Finance Department of Financial Services Department of State –...
View ArticleNew York Foreclosure Laws
CLICK BELOW FOR: State of New York Foreclosure Laws The link above will take you to the page dedicated to New York’s foreclosure laws. But, always remember… often people have a hard time...
View ArticleNEW YORK Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
You have found the Mandelman Matters state specific series of pages dedicated to homeowners at risk of foreclosure in New York. On the pages in this section you’ll find accurate, straightforward...
View ArticleDavid Stern – The Foreclosure King
David Stern has a $16 million Florida mansion on the Intracoastal Waterway, a $20 million plus, 130-foot jet propelled yacht, four Ferraris, four Porsches, two Mercedes Benzes, one Cadillac and a...
View ArticleFEDS Announce Enforcement Actions Against 14 Servicers, LPS and MERS… Hot...
I have to tell you right up front that I’m damn tired of vacillating regulatory initiatives that produce feeble or even flaccid responses to issues that are unnecessarily destroying the lives of...
View ArticleWal-Mart, Bill Clinton & Now Act 885… Things I know about Arkansas?
I didn’t realize it until now, but when I think about the State of Arkansas, only two things come immediately come to mind: Wal-Mart and William Jefferson Clinton. That’s it. Name a city in...
View ArticleNo Friend to the Banksters… Attorney Nick Wooten – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
If I have to introduce Alabama foreclosure defense attorney Nick Wooten to you, then you’re not much of a foreclosure crisis news junkie, because Nick has made headlines for his lawsuits against the...
View ArticleI, Robosigner… A three act play about affidavit fraud in AG Masto’s Nevada
ACT ONE – The shot across all bank bows As the month of August came to a close, Nevada’s attorney general, Catherine Masto, filed her second amended complaint against Bank of America and friends....
View ArticleMandelman’s Monthly Museletter – Version 16.0
Okay, so here’s the next installment of Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter, which I’ve decided I post whenever there are a bunch of things going on that need to be put into proper perspective, but there’s...
View ArticleIt’s Gretchen Morgenson from The New York Times – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
One might imagine that these days there aren’t too many journalists that I have a whole lot of respect for, or that I find all that interesting, truth be told. I mean, watching the mainstream media...
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