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I've been fortunate to blog on Huffington Post. These are some of those posts along with some views and opinions - what we pay attention to and what pisses us off.
Activism doesn't make you a socialist. It doesn't make you a liberal either. When the public interest is at risk it is our responsibility to raise our voice ... anywhere we can be heard and until we're heard.
Over the past few weeks many of us with skin in the game have watched as the media finally started covering the foreclosure fiasco. Some homeowner activists saw it as the beginning of a long string of investigative reporting. The rest of us knew that it was only a matter of time before the next fluffy squirrel ran through the…
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
John O'Brien MA Registry of Deeds: AG Tom Miller Should Step Dow
Written by Richard Zombeck
John O'Brien, Registry of Deeds for Southern Essex County in Massachusetts is asking that Tom Miller, Iowa Attorney General, step down. Miller is the lead AG in the controversial settlement with the big banks on mortgage servicing fraud. In his most recent obscene act Miller kicked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman off of the 50-state task force probing foreclosure abuses and…
Thursday, 11 August 2011
American Homeowner Preservation and Millstone Landing Collaborate to Lease Option Homes
Written by Jorge Newbery
Written by:Jorge Newbery American Homeowner Preservation LLC, pioneers of the short sale leaseback to assist families at risk of foreclosure, has entered into an agreement with Millstone Landing LLC, the owners of a gated 613 single family development in Vero Beach, Florida, to offer lease options to credit-worthy buyers who cannot obtain financing in today's tight credit environment. Millstone Landing…
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Mass AG Martha Coakley will not Join in Giving MERS and Banks a Deal
Written by Richard Zombeck
There are some rumblings that the Department of Justice is putting the pressure on state attorneys general to sign onto the controversial $20 billion mortgage settlement deal this week that could release banks from legal claims in state investigations and law suits. Monday, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley joined a handful of dissenters in announcing that she will oppose the…
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Money Held Hostage by Eastern Bank of Massachusetts
Written by Richard Zombeck
We live under the unfortunate false assumption that the money we make and put in the bank is ours. That we can access it at any time and that we have a right to it. After all this is America. Once upon a time, in America, the money you put in the bank (your money) could yield 5 to 6…
Wednesday, 06 July 2011
American Homeowner Preservation Acquires 6.6MM of Non-Performing Mortgages
Written by Jorge Newbery
Written by:Jorge Newbery American Homeowner Preservation LLCcompleted over $6,600,000 in non-performing mortgage and REO acquisitions in June, bringing year-to-date acquisitions to over $10,000,000. AHP has utilized private investors to fund these acquisitions from both banks and hedge funds. By taking control of the mortgages or occupied REOs, AHP can craft solutions to keep families in their homes. Thus far, AHP…
Tuesday, 05 July 2011
Mass Register John O'Brien's Presentation Draws Crowd of Recorders
Written by Richard Zombeck
Registers, registrars and recorders from across the country gathered in Atlantic City on Tuesday for the Annual Conference of The International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers (IACREOT). Several of those attending made the trip specifically to see Massachusetts Register John O'Brien's presentation on his findings of massive fraud he and Marie McDonnell of McDonnell Property Analytics, uncovered…
