Comments on: MSNBC’s Top 10 [Silly] Strategies to Avoid Foreclosure

By: Bernadette E. Probus

Bernadette E. Probus — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:07:58 +0000

Lead Hsg Atty, Legal Aid San Diego–20 yrs.tenant rep.
(Prior 9 yrs hard-money broker/lender & in private practice landlord side).

You told it like it is! Great job deconstructing the “feel good,” basically impractical & useless-to-our clients article, if they’d even see it! We have our pulse on what’s happening here in San Diego, and do the post-foreclosure eviction defense, run courthouse eviction answer clinics, attend community meetings, attend bbbds on line, etc. It sounds like your experience. We can’t evenget pro bonos to do the predatory/RegZ/RESPA etc violation litigation.

By: Patrick H Herndon

Patrick H Herndon — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:57:04 +0000

I thought most people who end up in this situation are filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy? Since the lenders carry much of the blame here, but not all, and everything is in full blown deleveraging mode now, what happened to the idea that the original mortgage contract had to be produced to a Judge to proceed to a foreclosure order on a residential property. About 80% of the time, whoever is processing the foreclosure can’t do that, because the “paper” derivative has traded hands so many times, and they often don’t even know who originally wrote the motrgage.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:57:14 +0000

I like how you broke down that article… :)

By: TRLA Attorney Takes on Foreclosure Crisis « technola

TRLA Attorney Takes on Foreclosure Crisis « technola — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:05:42 +0000

[...] Robert Doggett, a Texas RioGrande Legal Aid attorney, writes about foreclosure news and attempts to dispel common myths about what you should do if you are facing a foreclosure. Robert, great job! Keep it up! – [...]

By: Robyn Brumbelow

Robyn Brumbelow — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:54:28 +0000

Thanks Robert! Did you post your comment to Msnbc’s Story Discussion? If not, you sure ought to.

It bugs me so much tthat these “help” articles never suggest early on that consumers contact a lawyer.

By: Walter Oney

Walter Oney — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:59:25 +0000

I wish “consider bankruptcy” were higher on everybody’s list. As you point out, the homeowner has to be able to afford the mortgage and the Chapter 13 plan payments. But sometimes a sharp attorney can find things wrong with the loan that provide leverage for negotiating a change in terms even though there’s presently no RIGHT to force a change in a purely residential mortgage. The bottom line is that, if the foreclosure sale is set for less than two weeks from today, chances are that the only thing that will stop it and isn’t a scam is a Chapter 13 filing.

By: A honest critique of media foreclosure prevention pablum « Texas housers

A honest critique of media foreclosure prevention pablum « Texas housers — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:35:33 +0000

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By: John Henneberger

John Henneberger — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:54:16 +0000

Don’t hold back Doggett. Tell us what you really think. :)

Nice job.