Today the Florida Attorney General Economics Crime Division announced it launched an Official Investigation into the practices of the Florida Default Law Group and Docx, LLC a/k/a Lender Processing Services. The investigation is over allegations of: "...fabricating and/or presenting false...
April 2010 Archives
Can you hear it? That rumbling noise? It's the sound of consumers and homeowners like you, adding their voices to the growing discontent with the way our country is managing the current economic crisis. As you probably know by now,...
Erica Jayne Forish - Senior Staff Writer for Western Mass Women Magazine recently interviewed me about identity theft and the impact it has when it strikes. The article additionally highlights medical identity theft a growing and dangerous type of fraud...
Tired of being ignored by your mortgage servicing company? Sick of getting the same old loan modification runaround? Feel like you can't stand to hear one more lie or twisted excuse over why it takes so long? Did your credit...
Bus loads of lawyers, consumers and advocates from across the state left in the dark of night from various points of Florida all ready to converge on the state capital to fight against proposed foreclosure legislation. (See videos below) A...
Image via WikipediaMany earlier blogs point out the never-ending cycle of frustrating runarounds homeowners continue to face when simply trying to refinance their home, obtain a loan modification or just find a little help from their bank or mortgage servicing...
Consumers with personal financial problems might be in for a few more. As the economy worsens and the number of consumers facing financial difficulties increases, creditors are taking a hard stance against them without regard to how these consumers ended...
At least three buses, from the east and west coasts of Florida, will be rolling out of cities across the state come Tuesday night April 20 as they head out on an overnight trek headed to the Florida Capitol building...
The economy's collapse is your fault - at least that's what the giant banks seem to be selling Washington these days to kill financial reform. It's your fault the stock market collapsed and 7 million jobs were lost, mortgages were...
If the foreclosure crisis in South Florida was an unusual hurricane, we'd be staring at a category 5 formation bearing down with an odd but destructive force that will leave houses standing but fells all the people in its path. ...
Elizabeth Warren, the financial reform "watchdog" on Capital Hill, Harvard Law professor and TARP chairman, speaks my language. I love her tough stance on what she'd like to see from the newly created Consumer Federal Protection Agency. The CFPA needs...
The federal (HAMP) "Home Affordable Modification Program a/k/a "Making Homes Affordable" was designed to help millions of people bring their mortgages in line with the value of their homes. The hope was that the program would help struggling homeowners save...
If you aren't allowed to offer "Free Credit Reports," that aren't really free how about offering "Free Credit Scores"--with strings (dollars) attached, of course. Not happy with the way the FTC short-circuited the lucrative business of providing not-really-free credit reports...
Are debt collectors harassing you? Calling you at work, contacting your neighbors, boss or relatives? Is your phone ringing off the hook? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you'll want to read this and find out how...
A memoir exposing the steep price consumers pay when facing mortgage servicing errors, inaccurate credit reporting, illegal debt collection practices, identity theft and weak consumer protection laws. THE BOOK » DENISE'S STORY »
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