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Mortgage

How to Settle your Debt, REFI and Keep Your Home

Engage an experienced Lawyer to arrange a cash-out refinance and SETTLE your HELOC or 2nd. Mortgage The devil is always in the details.  There...

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Law

Free Emergency Bankruptcy Form Download (Chapter 13)

Interested in personalized legal services? Contact Attorney J. Arthur Roberts for all matters related to saving your home, foreclosure defense, bankruptcy, HOA disputes, refinancing...

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Law

News Flash:  Banks CHEAT! (Lawyer tips: Notice of Default)

Wells Fargo & Co said yesterday that an internal underwriting error had caused it to reject home loan modifications, resulting in the bank foreclosing...

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Law

Losing foreclosure protection in bankruptcy? Know your options!

Did you receive a Notice of a Motion for Relief from the Automatic Stay (“ROS”)?  Homestead SPC is a social purpose law firm that...

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Mortgage

an FHA Refi can save your home from a Trustee auction

Can an FHA loan can end foreclosure? YES!  Loan mods are great; but what if your current mortgage servicer says “no thank you” ?   Successful arrangement...

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Mortgage

Banking on a Loan Modification? 7 LAWYER TIPS to tilt the odds

Are you BANKING on a Loan Modification to save your home? Successful arrangement of a loan mod requires you to CONVINCE the lender that modification is MORE...

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Mortgage

Notice of Default? 10 LAWYER TIPS to help KEEP your HOME

Did you just receive a Notice of Default (“NOD”)?  Then it’s time to review your foreclosure defense options and design a strategy for buying...

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Law

What is a Social Purpose Corporation (“SPC”)?

In California, a Social Purpose Corporation (“SPC”) is a “hybrid” corporate form that provides alternative business entity options to entrepreneurs who want to combine...

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Mortgage

25 Things that Caused the Mortgage Crisis

Most people have an opinion about what or who caused the financial crisis of 2008-09. It was securitization. Or greed. Or deregulation. Or any...

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Realty

Hipsters create hot housing markets

Farm-to-table restaurants, dive bars, breweries and independent record stores give a city a “hipster” vibe – and also attract unexpected home buyers. Realtor.com and...

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