Articles

The following articles were written for clients, colleagues and friends of the firm to provide awareness of new developments affecting California real estate and other issues of interest.

• Taking Back A Property With a Nuisance – Now What?
• Help With a Loan Modification - Go to Jail
• Bankruptcy Courts Enforce “Produce the Note” Defenses by Borrowers
• In State Court with a Federal Savings Association? Sometimes you can say “adios” to HOLA
• Short Sales: Buyer’s Bonanza or Boondoggle?
• Can A Lis Penden Be Recorded On A Dominant Tenement In An Easement Dispute?
• Lost Your Promissory Note?
• If I Lose My Home In Foreclosure Am I Still Liable For The Debt?
• Lien Priorities and Subordination Agreements – Subordination Agreement that Omits Intervening Deed of Trust Is Subject to Partial Subordination
• How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Repeatedly Filed For Bankruptcy Protection: The Automatic Stay In Repeat Bankruptcy Filings (Part One)
• The Distressed Property Owners Have Filed for Bankruptcy – What Does That Mean To the Pre-Foreclosure Investor?
• Past Litigation is a Material Fact that Sellers are Obligated to Disclose
• The Property Has a Judgment Lien – What Does That Mean To the Pre-Foreclosure Investor?
• Commission Splits, Kickbacks, and Referral Fees
• Is A Personal Guarantee Enforceable for a Deficiency After A Trustee's Sale?
• Seller Carryback Financing and Anti-deficiency Laws
• Lis Pendens – What Is It and How Does It Affect Title?
• Commercial Leasing Issues – When a Tenant Files Bankruptcy
• Who’s On First? – Lien Priority in California
• If a seller successfully defends a lawsuit without first seeking mediation, is the seller eligible to recover attorney fees?
• Even After Refinancing a Loan, A Borrower Can Rescind That Loan for TILA Violations
• Relief from Stay Can Be Made Retroactive, Thus Validating Acts Done In Violation of the Stay – But May Still Subject You to Liability to the Debtor for Damages Arising Out of the Violation
• Yield Spread Premiums – Will They Be Considered A Part Of The Total Points and Fees Payable At Closing?
• Lender Whacked For $33M In Punitives
• Mortgage Elimination Scams Sweeping The Nation
• The Broker Arranged Loan Exemption From Usury Comes Under Attack
• “Operation Of Law” Postponements Under C.C. § 2924g
• The Newest Insurance Crisis – Will You Be The Next Victim
• Fence and Boundary Line Disputes – The Legal Sausage
• Competing Ownership Interests – Distressed Properties
• Landlord-Tenant Law: Legislation Affecting Real Estate as of 2003
• Home Buyers Are Now Required To Be Tax Police under Revenue & Taxation Code Section 18662
• Defective foreclosure sales in california – What Are Your Rights?
• If your household worker or contractor is injured, will you be liable?

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