Hundreds of thousands of people tryng to save their homes by a loan workout are defrauded by “mortgage modification” scams.Desperate people find themselves and their family on the street after trying to save their homes.

Winter is becoming a thing of the past. The snow is melted, the sun is shining, spring is here. Spring is a great time to sell your Lake Geneva real estate. A Lake Geneva home shows better without the cold and snow. You can also take sunny, updated photographs of your home without snow on the ground. Our Lake Geneva real estate lawyer is helping you obtain the best price for your home in 2015 by sharing these top home selling tips.
 

It’s happening across the country. It could happen to you. Innocent Walworth County residents are receiving phone calls from someone trying to collect on a debt or loan, but the loan doesn’t exist or the amount owed is incorrect. Sometimes the voice on the other end threatens to send you to jail for failure to pay. This frightening scenario is being experienced by Walworth County consumers more and more. It’s called fraudulent collections or fake collections, and sometimes referred to as “phantom debt collection”.

Assets Discovered Every once in a while if you file enough chapter 7 bankruptcy cases, you are going to come across a case where there is an asset available for administration. It may be a higher than expected tax refund in which the trustee can make a claim. It may be an inheritance which was+ Read More

If you have ever applied for an online payday loan you may be targeted as a victim in a malicious phone and email scam.

If you have ever applied for an online payday loan you may be targeted as a victim in a malicious phone and email scam. The scammers will either call you on the phone or email you pretending to be from … Continue reading →
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Federal Law It is true that the federal bankruptcy laws apply to every American in each state. However, there is a local flavor to filing bankruptcy depending upon which state you live in and in which County that you live in. For this reason, when considering bankruptcy, you want to find a bankruptcy law firm+ Read More

A recent study by economists suggests that Chapter 13 debtors whose cases were confirmed and completed through discharge derive significant economic and health benefits from their filings as compared to Chapter 13 debtors whose cases were dismissed.This

Probably one of the most frequent problems I encounter with new cases clients bring to my office is the lack of documentary evidence.

No one bothers to put down in writing that agreement with the brother-in-law or "friend" about the business they were starting together, the house one was going to buy (by signing on the mortgage) and which the other was going to "own" (by going on the title) and paying the mortgage, the investment they were going to make together, or any other manner of legal arrangements.

Probably one of the most frequent problems I encounter with new cases clients bring to my office is the lack of documentary evidence.
No one bothers to put down in writing that agreement with the brother-in-law or “friend” about the business they were starting together, the house one was going to buy (by signing on the mortgage) and which the other was going to “own” (by going on the title) and paying the mortgage, the investment they were going to make together, or any other manner of legal arrangements.