Articles from Robert Weed

Getting Sued After a Short Sale?

Getting Sued After Short Sale? Getting sued after a short sale is highly probable.  Saw three couples this month who needed to file bankruptcy, because they were getting sued–garnished in one case–by the second mortgage after a short sale. It was surprising that they were surprised.   At the peak of the crisis, four or [...]The post Getting Sued After a Short Sale? appeared first on Robert Weed.

After Bankruptcy: Bank of America Can’t Stop Themselves

This is a story about how Bank of America violated the bankruptcy discharge, hacking off Gus and Nikoleta, and me.  (I’ve changed the names of Gus and Nikoleta–all the rest of this is true.)  And then hit Gus and Nikki for a “foreclosure fee” while they were current.  And then did it again. Gus and Nikoleta came [...]The post After Bankruptcy: Bank of America Can’t Stop Themselves appeared first on Robert Weed.

Can they put a lien on a house I bought after the bankruptcy?

Did you put off filing bankruptcy until after somebody got a judgment against you? Pre-bankruptcy judgments are liens on property you own before the bankruptcy.  (Sometimes they can be removed;  sometimes they can’t.)   But they cannot put a lien on a house you buy after the bankruptcy. At least, not legally.

Filing Bankruptcy and self employed? You need a “Profit and Loss”

If you file bankruptcy, you need to send in proof of your income.  For most people, that means your pay stubs.   Section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code requires people to send in at least two month of their “payment advices“–meaning pay stubs–received from your “employer.” What if you are self employed?   You don’t [...]The post Filing Bankruptcy and self employed?

Emergency bankruptcy filing in Northern Virginia

Here’s an email I got on Friday, March 15 2013. I started the bankruptcy process with your office in 03/2012 and stopped the process.  That was a wrong decision!!!  My house is scheduled for foreclosure on Monday 03/18/13 and I have tried working with Wells Fargo to postpone the sale.  NACA and Senator Mark Warner’s [...]The post Emergency bankruptcy filing in Northern Virginia appeared first on Robert Weed.

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