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• Florida Housing Recovery Forecasts and the Florida Home Owner: The Need to be Savvy and Smart With Underwater Mortgages or Foreclosure Defenses Is Very Important In 2012

  There is a lot of hoopla in the media these days about the housing crisis – and here in Florida, there’s a lot of talk about a turnaround, people forecasting that the worst is over and the housing industry is rebounding.  From a foreclosure defense perspective, that sounds [...]

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• Debt Collector Abuses: Debt Collection Agencies Ignoring Florida Law and Federal Statutes – Beware and Be Alert for Bad Debt Collection Practices: It’s Almost an Epidemic

  There’s news reports that debt collectors are getting pushier and pushier in trying to collect debts – something that comes as no surprise to Florida foreclosure defense lawyers, where clients are routinely having to deal with debt collection practices – on the phone, in the mail – sometimes, [...]

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• Florida’s New Power of Attorney Law and Epidemic of Family Members Exploiting Elders and Seniors: Things You Need to Know

  The story that we covered about the new study showing rampant abuse of seniors by their own family members is getting lots of media attention, which is good.  National news coverage of the “epidemic” in America today, where elders and senior citizens are being financially victimized and having money [...]

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• New Study: Exploitation of Elderly By Family Members is American Epidemic Well Known Here in South Florida: What Can Happen When Seniors Are Preyed Upon

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  Last week, the Investor Protection Trust released its latest research study and it’s sadly not a big surprise for those who represent the elderly and seniors here in South Florida:  according to the IPT, “theft or diversion of funds or property by family members”  – that’s right, family members [...]

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• Sharpie Parties: Vandalizing Foreclosed Homes Is Not The Best Revenge Against the Bank Who Is Foreclosing, No Matter How Fun and Tempting a Highlighter Party May Be

  It’s sad but true that that American standard in ink pens, the Sharpie (TM), is getting its name known these days not so much for the high quality of the product itself, but because social media has taken to calling a certain kind of gathering a “Sharpie Party.“  Across the [...]

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• Home Insurance on Florida Homes Skyrocketing Cost – Citizens Increasing Premiums Impacts Both Florida Home Owners and Florida Renters as well as Almost Everyone Else

  South Florida is a beautiful place – but it can be a dangerous place, too, during hurricane season.  Insurance claims were especially high after Hurricane Andrew hit here in the Miami area, and many private insurance companies simply refused to cover Florida home owners after that big hit to [...]

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• More Florida Foreclosures of Family Homes and Increase in Banks Repossessing Houses: In Florida, Banks Are Aggressively Foreclosing on Home Owners: Planning Ahead as a Florida Home Owner

  Florida banks are fierce: in July, mortgage lenders took back over 6700 homes from Florida home owners in foreclosure actions. That is almost 40% more repossessions than this time last year (actual statistic is 38% increase) according to research analyst RealtyTrac.

  National news coverage has banks and mortgage [...]

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• Florida Deficiency Judgment Overturned by Florida Court: Bank Loses Deficiency Because it Fails to Provide Valid Evidence of Fair Market Value

  Deficiency judgments are a real concern for home owners facing foreclosure or dealing with short sales here in South Florida.  Under Florida law, even after the home has been sold and the sales price used to pay down the mortgage amount, the lender still has the legal right [...]

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• 5 Things to Know About Leasing a Home After a Foreclosure in South Florida

  A foreclosure is not the end of the world for the family that has lost their home to the bank in a foreclosure proceeding. That family can still have a new home, except it will be one that they will be renting instead of owning. Now, they will be [...]

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