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Don't use mitigation services to save your house!
We've been seeing a number of questions regarding mitigation services and whether to pay them $1,000 or more to help save a home from foreclosure. Most of these mitigation services are frauds. You not...
Chicago-area sheriff refuses to participate in evictions
In Christopher Buckley's Thank You for Smoking, the main character, Nick Naylor, is a tobacco lobbyist. As his job pushes him to ever deeper levels of moral depravity, he repeatedly states,...
Ed McMahon: Where's the bucks?
Ed McMahon has finally found a buyer for his multi-million dollar house avoiding foreclosure. Reportedly, his mortage lenders filed notice of default in Februrary when McMahon was over $644,00 in...
Mortgage Confidential: Who is culpable for the credit crisis?
I got this email today (a good one) from a reader wanting to know who we should hold responsible for the mortgage "crisis." Q: David: Can we hold our political leaders responsible for the financial...
