WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday (1/13/15) ruled in favor of homeowners seeking to back out of mortgages when lenders are accused of failing to follow the federal “truth in lending” law. On a 9-0 vote, the court handed a win to an Eagan, Minnesota couple, Larry and Cheryle Jesinoski, over the $611,000 …
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The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that a note “super priority lien” held by a homeowners association can extinguish a first deed of trust on a property. The Sept. 18 ruling is a victory for a group of real estate investors called SFR Investments Pool 1, which foreclosed on such a super priority note …
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How many times have you lost the opportunity to purchase a note because the note seller needed or wanted more money than the quality of the note justified? If the note seller wants an amount of cash equal to 75% LTV, but the property and/or purchaser supports only a 60% LTV, the deal will probably not be …
Meet A Note Holder’s “Impossible” Expectations With The Reverse Partial Read More »
by Jeff Armstrong Most note holders initially ask for a full purchase. Many of them have just discovered the fact that they have the ability to sell their note and have no idea that alternate purchase options are possible or are even available. As a result, many note investors and brokers only focus …
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The state of Hawaii now prohibits homeowners from using “seller financing” without a licensed broker. According to a Hawaii real estate attorney, “The statute now requires any “seller financed” transaction to be handled by a licensed or registered broker, even in a family situation. I hear the registration process is too involved for most one-time …
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by Mark J. Perry http://www.aei.org/publication/sunday-afternoon-links-5/ Economic Fact of the Day. For every $100 in sales, the average discount retailer like Walmart and Target earns $3.10 in profits, while the average take for the states with state and local sales taxes is more than twice that amount — almost $7, based on the 6.94% average sales tax rate for …
The newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) writes and enforces the regulations of the Dodd-Frank Act. What virtually no one knows is that the CFPB is financed by the banking industry. And of course the banks want to outlaw “seller financing” and force everyone to get a conventional loan (from them). See http://www.consumerfinance.gov/budget/ under “Funding Requests.” …
Investors in second mortgages need to be aware that the US Supreme Court will decide whether homeowners who declare bankruptcy can void a second mortgage if their home’s market value has dropped below the amount they owe on their first mortgage. For more: http://news.yahoo.com/court-consider-second-mortgage-void-144311619.html Our Las Vegas conference “Profiting From Non-Performing Notes” begins this week! If …
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Given the Dodd-Frank Act’s ill-advised, uninformed and, frankly, insane assault upon seller mortgages as virtually “predatory lending,” members of Congress —who vote on bills they have never read (as a legislative director in the US Congress for years I can assure you that is true) — and cushy-jobs-for-life-can’t-be-fired-no-matter-what-they-do-or-refuse-to-do bureaucrats …
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The note industry coalition Save Seller Financing (www.SaveSellerFinancing.org) is making great progress in educating government regulators to gain an exemption from the SAFE Act, Dodd-Frank Act, Loan Originator Compensation Rule and the Ability to Re-Pay Rule. I hope to have an update soon, so watch for it here. They can’t do it alone. This requires …
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