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REST Report Helps Save Single Mothers Home From Foreclosure LoanSafeMods.com

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San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 19, 2013

The REST Report (Real Estates Services and Technology Report) is a third party analytics tool that shows homeowners and loan servicers all the options homeowners have to avoid foreclosure. It does this by comparing the information on the homeowners mortgage loan with data from all available government and non-government loan work out programs and creating a report that clearly shows what programs are qualified for as well as why the mortgage qualifies for them.

This can help homeowners to make the best decision when it comes to the future of their homes and it can also help to convince banks and loan servicers that it would be in everyones best interest to approve a modification rather than to foreclose the property. The team of homeowner advocates at LoanSafeMods.com help to connect struggling homeowners with this powerful tool, as well as to offer advice and walk them through the modification process if the REST Report shows a qualifying result.

So far, the REST report has helped to save thousands of homes from foreclosure and families who had lost hope are now able to afford to stay in their homes. One small family who was helped by this report is Linda and her young daughter who live in Oceanside, California.

Linda, a single mother, attempted to apply for a modification when support from her ex-husband stopped and she started to struggle with the payments on her own. However, her bank was unable to make a decision on her request and continuously asked her to resubmit paperwork. Linda says in her REST Report testimonial video, “It was so perplexing to me because I had enough income, I had all the criteria and they kept telling me ‘You have to resubmit, it’s been three months. You have to send in a new application.’ I think I applied at least 3, maybe 4, times!”

After two years of getting the run around and having no clue what the problem was, Linda was ready to throw in the towel. She says in her video that was recently posted on LoanSafeMods, “The scariest part was thinking that I was going to lose my home.” “I have a little girl and she’s been here all her life, born and raised, and this where we live! This is our garden! This is our little home! This is where we want to be! But we were in limbo the whole time. We had no idea what was going on and it was just scary to think we’d be out the door anytime.”

Finally Linda found the REST Report. She says, When I first heard about the REST I wasn’t sure what it was going to be but knew I needed to understand the numbers better because no one at the bank was explaining it to me. So I had a REST Report done and I looked at it and it was the first time that the process made any sense to me.

Linda resubmitted her request one last time. She says in her video, The numbers made sense so it was just a matter of getting it to the right person at the bank and it was a done deal within a few weeks. The new mortgage terms reduced Lindas monthly payments by $ 900. Linda and her daughter are no longer fearful of losing their home.

For more information about how the REST Report can help struggling homeowners, click here.







LoanSafeMods.com: New Video Reviews Show How the REST Analysis Can Help Save Homes Even When Foreclosure Seems Imminent

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San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 20, 2013

The team of homeowner advocates at LoanSafeMods.com is ready to help homeowners get the mortgage modifications they deserve with the REST Report. The REST Report (Real Estate Services and Technology Report) is a third party analysis tool that can help homeowners to make the best decision about what modification programs to apply for. The Report works by analyzing the property owners financial information and comparing it with all the various qualifying requirements of the currently available government and non government loan work out programs.

Once the home owner is aware of what their options are they will be much more confident to proceed with submitting their modification request to their loan servicer. An even greater benefit of utilizing the REST Report is that the analysis shows undeniable proof of qualification. Because of this, submitting the REST Report analysis along with the modification package can help add weight to the request and ensure that there are no delays in the approval of the request.

In the event that the loan servicer denies approval of a modification request even though the REST Report shows a qualifying result, then the REST results can even be used as evidence in a court of law if the property owner decides to take the bank or loan servicers decision to court.

This highly respected and incredibly accurate analysis tool has already helped thousands of individuals and families to save their homes from foreclosure. A number of these people have shared their experiences with the Report via REST Report video testimonials, a few of which were recently posted on the LoanSafeMods website.

These videos show how the REST can help to save homes even when foreclosure seems imminent. They also show how the REST Report can help to speed up delayed or stalled mortgage modification requests that have been under review for far too long.

In some cases, the homeowners in these review videos dealt with roadblock after roadblock from their banks for months or even several years. After going through this ordeal, finding the REST Report and getting their modifications approved within just a few months or even a few weeks was a great relief.

This just goes to show that even under the most seemingly hopeless conditions the REST Report can make a difference and help get individuals the mortgage modifications they need. The analysis is one of the most powerful tools homeowners have when it comes to fighting to stay in their homes and the team at LoanSafeMods is happy to help connect people with it and walk them through each step of the way.

For more information on how the REST Report works, please visit LoanSafeMods.com.







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REST Report Helps Struggling Homeowners To Avoid Foreclosure LoanSafeMods.com

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San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 22, 2013

LoanSafeMods.com is a licensee of the REST Report (Real Estate Services and Technology Report) a third party analytics tool that helps homeowners who are struggling with their mortgage terms to find loan workout programs to help them to avoid foreclosure. The REST does this by comparing information on the homeowners mortgage and finances with the qualifying requirements for all currently available government and non government mortgage modification and refinancing programs.

Thousands of people have found the solutions to their mortgage problems thanks to the REST and have been able to save their homes from foreclosure. One person who was able to utilize the REST Report to their advantage in this way is Crystal, a homeowner from San Diego, California. Crystal shares her story in a recently posted REST Report testimonial video posted on LoanSafeMods.com.

In her review Crystal explains how she started to struggle financially after her fianc

Certified Securitization Analysis, LLC Offers Homeowners Facing Wrongful Foreclosure Tips on How to Defend Themselves

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San Francisco, California (PRWEB) February 28, 2012

Certified Securitization Analysis, LLC, According to the recent government settlement, a $ 2,000 payment will be made to borrowers in response to the banks fraudulent robo-signing practices. Unfortunately, the announced settlement is too little and too late for most borrowers facing foreclosure. Homeowners are left with little option except to pursue a civil case against fraudulent mortgage securitization practices. Certified Securitization Analysis, LLC has been conducting hundreds of mortgage securitization audits to assist borrowers facing imminent foreclosure. Below is a brief overview of mortgage securitization as well as industry best practices tips for the borrower to protect themselves while facing predatory lenders wrongful foreclosure practices.

What is Mortgage Securitization? A Brief Background

Current U.S. mortgage debt stands at $ 14 trillion. Most mortgages in the U.S. are securitized and owned by trusts and are often referred to as RMBS or MBS trusts, standing for residential mortgage-backed securities. The trusts are made up of a pool of mortgages (often greater than 5,000 mortgages per trust). The loans are usually sub-prime loans. Individual mortgages were packaged into MBS Trusts; these MBS trusts were pooled, sliced and sold. The mortgage loans in each pool, or MBS Trust, include both first and second lien mortgages, both fixed-rate and adjustable rate loans. There are different classes within each pool of loans, representing different qualities of loans. It is not unusual for each pool to have as many as 20 different classes. Bonds are issued to investors to represent the purchase, so investors are often called bond holders. The loans are selected for each pool by a particular date, often called the closing date of the trust. While a trust may substitute loans into the pool after the closing date, there are strict guidelines on such substitutions. The pool of loans is described in a prospectus usually called a 424B filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a printed document that describes the business enterprise that is distributed to prospective buyers and investors. Many representations (promises) are made to the potential buyers of these bonds regarding the loans in each pool in both the prospectus and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Most of these promises to date have been misrepresented whether intentional or not, which has resulted in numerous investor lawsuits against banks and wall street investment firms involved in the marketing of such securities.

There is still a valid defense against wrongful foreclosure. Here are some tips on what to look for:

1) Borrowers need to insure that the foreclosing entity is the actual Note Holder. Banks act as pretender lenders, when originating a loan. After it is sold to the Bond Holders (Investors), they take on the role of loan servicing only. If payments cease, then the Loan Servicer does have the right to initiate foreclosure proceedings, but only the Note Holder can actually complete the foreclosure process.

2) Borrowers need to insure that the foreclosing entity is in possession of the original mortgage note The mortgage lender (Pretender) must be in possession of the original wet ink mortgage note to foreclose, hence the term Produce the Note. Be aware that after several hundred audits, CSA, LLC has never seen a bank produce the original wet ink promissory note.

3) Borrowers must check to see if the promissory note and the deed of trust have been separated. The banks split the Promissory Note and Deed of Trust in every Securitization Agreement. They sold the Note to the investors and recorded the deed with the county recorder, or in over 50% of the cases, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, (MERS). MERS told the servicers to hold the notes, and many or most of them were destroyed or lost. Further, the notes were separated from the mortgages, making them null and void.

5) Borrowers need to check if loan was recorded with MERS. Improper Mortgage Assignment Over 60 million mortgages were assigned to MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.) MERS business practices have been ruled by a NY Bankruptcy Judge in 2011 as unlawful.

6) Borrowers need to learn how to create a free account on http://www.secinfo.com for investigation of public SEC filings. Objection to an Entity that is Foreclosing Mortgage Servicers will often foreclose in their own name and not reveal the identity of the true holder of the note. Since most of the Mortgages, if not all are owned by investors, through MBS Trusts, each investor only owns a portion of the collective pool of mortgages, but not any one specific mortgage. Therefore, there is no one who can legally foreclose.

7) Borrower must demand that the mortgage lender validate the debt. If homeowners would read their Deed of Trust they would discover it to be a glorified lease Agreement. This is why when paying off a mortgage, a homeowner must request a payoff letter from the bank, this is the only time the bank is admitting that there is a debt in existence. There are many reasons for this and will be discussed in-depth on our website soon.

CSA is now offering free mortgage securitization audit assessments to homeowners facing foreclosure. As legal options are dwindling, this should be the main focus of any wrongful foreclosure defense.

For more information, please contact us at http://www.securitizationanalysis.com or write to: sales(at)securitizationanalysis(dot)com or call (415) 316 8776 to schedule a time for a mortgage securitization assessment.

About Certified Securitization Analysis, LLC

Certified Securitization Analysis (CSA), LLC is a consumer advocacy firm that provides due diligence and investigates mortgage securitization fraud. The Companys proprietary methods and processes for audit and analysis focus on legal standing issues in foreclosure situations where the underlying mortgage was securitized.

CSA is not a law firm. CSAs information and services are not intended as legal advice and practice.

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Mortgage Fraud Examiners Warns: Beware Of The Latest Foreclosure Rescue Scam–Securitization Audits

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(PRWEB) March 27, 2012

With many homeowners facing foreclosure and looking for help across America, many worthless services have cropped up with such promises as mortgage elimination or other foreclosure tactics that in some cases are patently illegal. One commonly advertised service is a Securitization Audit.

A number of companies have been pushing forensic loan audits, aka TILA/RESPA audits. Since knowledgeable attorneys and homeowners recognize these audits are basically useless, the “wolves in sheep’s clothing are now peddling, securitization audits.

Mortgage Fraud Examiners Founder Storm Bradford explains: The supposed reason given for a securitization audit is to determine the true owner of a promissory note. Allegedly, with this information, the homeowner can show a court that the party actually foreclosing on a mortgage is not the actual note owner.

However, securitization arguments like, show me the note, assignment, MERS, robo-signing, and so on, generally amount to nothing more than just stalling the inevitable–the homeowner getting booted to the curb. None of these hopeless arguments changes the essential fact; the Court in a judicial state MUST give relief and remedy to the lender or assignee, because the borrower breached the contract. And in a non-judicial states, the private trustee implements a private sale to a buyer without a judges involvement. Nobody ever looks at the issues raised by the securitization audit. So only the uninformed would think a securitization audit could be anything more than useless.

Moreover, if homeowners and their legal counsel really had doubts about who had the legal right to foreclose theyd file whats known as a interpleader action listing everyone who might have a claim, deposit their mortgage payment with the Court, and let the lenders and assignees fight it out. However you never see that, since defaulting homeowners and their counsel really dont care who has the right to foreclose, so long as its not THE bank foreclosing now. Its just about stalling, and lining the pockets of pretender defenders. http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/03/21/mortgage-fraud-examiners-warns/

As a result, knowing who owns your note is like knowing the earth speeds through the universe at 67,000 miles an hour, its basically worthless information. Nonetheless, as a courtesy to homeowners they can call us and wed be more than happy to show them how to acquire information about the owner of their note for FREE.

Gregory Bryl, a foreclosure defense attorney practicing in Virginia and Florida, explains: most securitization audits that I have reviewed are inadmissible in a court of law; they contain a mere opinion of a layman without personal knowledge (direct experience) as to what happened with a particular mortgage note after closing. Why pay a securitization auditor when you can have your grandmother provide an opinion as to what happened with the note and have her sign an audit report? In reality, in about 95% of all cases, the information supplied by a securitization audit is either already publically available, or it is unavailable to either the homeowner or the auditor. Thus, where a homeowner genuinely lacks this information, an outsiders opinion (in contrast to the banks admission) is unlikely to help.

Thomas K. Plofchan, Jr., an attorney in Sterling, Virginia, who employs the services of Mortgage Fraud Examiners, adds: Ultimately, the only real issue is whether a proper lien has been created with the house as collateral. It is astonishing just how many legal errors, contract breaches, and frauds, can be exposed by a meticulous examination of the mortgage transaction.

Matter of fact, in two recent cases we were able to identify and establish evidence to show the deeds of trust were void. The end result for the homeowners was receiving their respective homes free and clear. So, its quite clear, a thorough examination of the mortgage contract is the ONLY proven method to uncover evidence that could affect the validity of the lien.

Attorneys Bryl and Plofchan, like many attorneys are exposing securitization audits for what they are basically worthless. http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/05/new-homeowner-scam-mortgage-securitization-audits.html and http://mattweidnerlaw.com/blog/?s=securitization+audits&search=Search

Bradford concludes: Undeniably, the only established procedure for a homeowner to obtain financial compensation or their home free & clear is through an in-depth analysis of the mortgage transaction, to identify legal errors, contract breaches, tortious conduct, to include appraisal fraud; and then attacking the loan based on those findings. Regrettably, everything else is just wishful thinking or a scam. http://www.wvrecord.com/news/233771-quicken-loans-on-losing-end-of-3-million-predatorylending-

Mortgage Fraud Examiners is a project of Lex Consulting, LLC, for over 30 years, Lex Consulting has provided litigation support to attorneys, helping them break into new areas of practice, or providing specialized advice for complex cases requiring novel approaches to the law. Due to the housing crisis, Mortgage Fraud Examiners, a team of specially trained legal professionals, was created to provide borrowers and the legal community with comprehensive assistance to help them keep them in their homes.

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The Law Offices of Lance Denha Explains Taxable Income Implications with Foreclosure

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(PRWEB) April 26, 2012

Anytime a lender writes off, or forgives, debt, it can be considered taxable income to the borrower. The larger the write off of the loan by the lender, the larger the potential tax bill may be issued to the taxpayer/homeowner. Consider that every $ 10,000 in forgiven debt could incur as much as $ 1,500 to $ 3,500 in federal taxes, depending on a familys tax bracket. If a home is $ 100,000 underwater, that could mean a federal tax bill of up to $ 35,000. In addition, state and local income taxes could increase the pain.

In recent years, most underwater homeowners who lost property to foreclosure or short sales were excused from having to pay taxes on this income, thanks to the Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007. The current law states that homeowners dont have to include forgiven debt as income provided:

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Advanced Realty Team Allows Foreclosure Renters to Transfer All Credits to Famous Rent to Own on Steroids Program

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Dunedin, FL (PRWEB) April 26, 2013

Advanced Realty Team, Inc. yesterday announced it will begin transferring all earned credits for persons in the Famous Foreclosure Rentals program when they move to the Famous Rent to Own on Steroids Program.

Advanced developed the Rent to Own on Steroids Program where all rent paid in the entire first year becomes the down payment and the tenant-buyer can earn a mortgage based on what they do for the next 12 consecutive months, not credit score.

Famous Foreclosure Rentals is a much newer program, in which the rental home is in or about to be in foreclosure, while the owner seeks a mortgage modification, and is offered at below market rent to compensate the renter for inconvenience and uncertainty.

Many participants in the foreclosure program are waiting for the right home to be available in the rent to own program. Advanced has already announced foreclosure renters may move up at no cost. Now they will also be able to take their monthly rent credits with them.

We believe when the real estate market returns to normal the foreclosure rental program will probably become less important as foreclosure represent a smaller portion of the market and conditions change, said George Beardsley, President-Broker of Advanced.

In the meantime we are working on how many ways we can make the program even more attractive, he said. There is inconvenience and risk in the program, in exchange for the below market price, he said. And we want to find all the ways we can to compensate for the negatives.

Advanced has been renting homes in foreclosure for some time and more recently has begun to buy houses in foreclosure and with loan balances higher than current values of the home.

I am not an attorney, Beardsley said, but we have been working closely with a board certified real estate attorney during the entire program and believe the program will continue to be viable as long as there are no new factors introduced.

In Florida, a home owner continues to own his home and can do with it as he wishes until a judge says the house belongs to another person, he said. The owner must also disclose any factor not readily apparent that would affect value when selling a home, Beardsley said. We do the same for rentals and suggest prospective renters get legal advice if they wish.

As long as this is the law in Florida, the homeowner can sell or rent his house in foreclosure, so long as he discloses the risk to prospective renters, Beardsley said. Providing the discount and as many benefits as possible is only right, he said.

Advanced is a small Dunedin, FL-based boutique real estate brokerage firm specializing in buying houses fast and in the current market Advanced even has program for buying homes that are over financed, under water and even in some cases they will buy houses in foreclosure and over financed.

These homes usually become part of the Famous Foreclosure Rental Program where the resident is offered below market rent and is told the home is in or may soon be in foreclosure and Advanced or the client it represents will use the services of a board-certified real estate attorney to defend a foreclosure action should there be one.

Collapse in the housing market switched their operations to buying house for the purpose of renting, including the Famous Rent to Own on Steroids and now the Foreclosure Rentals.

We buy houses, estate homes, for sale by owners and rentals fast and turn them into affordable housing, Beardsley said. We buy any price range and almost any condition, he said.

If you live in Albany, Fond du Lac, Des Moines, Bangor –or Chicago, as I used to, and you need to sell a house in Florida, Beardsley said, we are the people who buy houses in Florida.







Non-Profit Neighborhood Community Foundation Brings Successful Foreclosure Prevention Workshops to Denver Area

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Denver, CO (PRWEB) August 31, 2012

Denver foreclosure attorney, Richard Casey of the Casey Legal Group, is tired of hearing about the lack of real, actionable information that is available to local homeowners who are faced with loan modification and foreclosure defense issues. Looking for a way to further educate Colorado homeowners, Mr. Casey has teamed up with a non-profit advocacy group, Neighborhood Community Foundation and their successful Foreclosure Prevention Workshop to give Colorado Homeowners a fighting chance against big banks and unscrupulous lenders.

The foreclosure epidemic is showing no signs of a slowdown. Millions of Americans owe more than their home is worth and economic conditions have not radically improved, says Richard Casey, a Denver-based consumer advocate and foreclosure defense attorney. Real solutions are available, however the stigma of shame associated with foreclosure has often kept people from seeking help, thus costing them dearly, Casey adds. These workshops have been conducted in Ohio, Illinois and Florida and have been successful at educating people about the latest foreclosure information and trends while providing proactive tools that they can use to help save their homes. I am excited about bringing this valuable workshop to the people of Colorado.

FREE FORECLOSURE PREVENTION WORKSHOPS: REGISTER @ 1-877-306-5299

September 6: Littleton Hampton Inn 7:00 PM

September 12: Brighton Hampton Inn 7:00 PM

September 20: Lakewood Courtyard by Marriott 7:00 PM

September 27: Colorado Springs Antlers Hilton 7:00 PM

During the workshop Mr. Casey will share free legal advice about the most common types of errors and violations found in loan documents and provide a full explanation of the laws that protect homeowners when facing foreclosure eviction. In addition, homeowners will receive information from other non-profit agencies to help them properly assess a practical course of action for their needs. The workshop will answer many questions and provide insight to guide homeowners to the next positive step, wherever they may be in the process.

Topics of the workshop include:

Certified Securitization Analysis Re-Brands and Expands Product Offerings in the Wake of new Judgments vs. Banks in Wrongful Foreclosure and Illegal Debt Collection Practices

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San Francisco, California (PRWEB) May 17, 2012

CSA, LLC (formerly Certified Securitization Analysis, LLC), the leading resource for consumers in debt has re-branded and launched their new website at http://www.1analysis.com. Offering an expanded suite of products which will empower consumers in the fight against wrongful, and in many cases illegal debt collection, CSA, LLC now offers securitization audits and analysis covering not only Commercial and Residential Real Estate Loans but also Credit Cards, Retail Installment Agreements i.e. Auto Loans and Student Loans.

With over 600* million credit cards currently in circulation in the US alone and the average credit card debt per household standing at close to $ 16,000**, many consumers are now defaulting on their credit cards. Similar to sub prime mortgage lenders, credit card issuers have been seeking to maximize profits by lending to those who are financially vulnerable and then spreading the risks by selling off securities based on credit card receivables. The financial crisis has reduced households access to credit, undermining the competitiveness of the credit card industry. Thus, credit card companies are more likely to be able to charge higher rates without losing all of their customers. Credit card companies will have no incentive to conduct proper underwriting of new accounts, since losses can be spread among the existing account holders who have fewer opportunities to change cards. If underwriting is tainted in these situations, then the securitization process is compromised and holds the same pitfalls as mortgage backed securitization, which leads to lack of standing by the banks and causes wrongful debt collection to proceed unmonitored. The consumer loses accordingly.

In the case of retail installment agreements, the auto loan is the most similar example to mortgage backed securities. Car dealerships have often securitized a sizeable portion of their customers’ auto loans – that is, bundling several loans from purchasers into a security and then selling the security as a whole to a larger corporation. Securitizations enable a lender to remove debt from its books and sell them to larger financial institutions. Recently, many car purchasers have reported that their interest rates and monthly payment plans changed as soon as their loans became part of a securitized portfolio. Buried in the fine print of the auto loan were terms and conditions that allowed the securitized portfolio’s manager to make these adjustments, and precluding the borrower or car purchaser from contesting the change.

Since no direct communication occurs between the customer and the large company that takes over the loan (customers are often unaware that their loans were securitized at all), car salesmen have been accused of fabricating the client’s financials in order to close a deal. A recent case highlighted one individual whose monthly payments increased to $ 425 a month from $ 250 after their loan was part of a portfolio syndicated to a national bank because the dealership had changed his income information. Living on just $ 800 monthly Social Security disbursement, this person could not possibly have qualified for the loan.

In addition, student debt has now become a nightmare for Americans with the potential to explode as the next major US financial crisis as students and workers seeking retraining in a tough economic market are borrowing extraordinary amounts of money through federal and private loan programs to help cover the rising cost of college and training. Currently out of the $ 1Trillion student loan debt on the books, $ 300 Billion of that debt is currently 30 days or more past due.

CSA, LLC has recognized that the financial institutions are now foreclosing on America and are not helping Americans solve their financial debt crisis. Were on the securitization roller-coaster and its going off the tracks fast as consumers plunge deeper and deeper into debt and greedy financial institutions continue their wrongful debt collection practices. says Adam J. Meyer, CEO of CSA, LLC. The credit card provisions that have been identified as unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive are not only sending American families further into debt, but standing in the way of economic recovery. The economic downturn and financial crisis have accelerated the adverse impacts of these practices on consumers, small businesses and our economy as a whole. CSA LLCs new suite of product offerings seeks to combat these financial institutions wrongdoings and give America back to the consumers. This is our country and we are not willing to give it up to the banksters.

Already known as a stalwart in mortgage securitization, this new suite of products will further enhance CSA LLCs position in the debt collection space and assist the millions of US consumers who are saddled with unsurmounting credit card, retail installment and student loan debt. It will only take 1analysis from CSAs new product offering suite to put homeowners and those in debt on the correct path to reclaiming their homes and protecting themselves against the wrongful foreclosure and debt collection practices of the financial institutions.

*Source: “The Survey of Consumer Payment Choice,” Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, January 2010

**Calculated by dividing the total revolving debt in the U.S. ($ 801.0 billion as of December 2011 data, as listed in the Federal Reserve’s February 2012 report on consumer credit) by the estimated number of households carrying credit card debt (50.2 million)

About CSA, LLC:

Founded in 2010, CSA, LLC is the leading resource for consumers in debt. Our audits and analysis empower consumers and/or their legal advisors with effective and actionable strategies to defend against wrongful, and in many cases illegal debt collection. Our audits and analysis cover Commercial and Residential Real Estate Loans, Credit Cards, Retail Installment (Auto Loans and Student Loan) Agreements. For more information and a free debt analysis and evaluation of your current situation, please see http://www.1analysis.com or contact CSA, LLC at sales(at)1analysis(dot)com or call 1-888-715-0060.







Independent Foreclosure Review Compensation Checks Stun Recipients

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Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 09, 2013

According to a May 8th Bloomberg report, Rust Consulting of Minneapolis, the agent responsible for compensation checks according to the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR) Payment Agreement, said yesterday that “a clerical error led to some borrowers in the May 3, 2013, wave of payments being sent checks for less than the amount that the Federal Reserve directed those borrowers to be paid.” Rust has corrected the mistake and announced its intentions to mail supplemental checks to affected borrowers as soon as May 17, 2013, making up for the insufficient amounts qualifying homeowners were to be paid.

“Concerned recipients will have a letter explaining the reason for the error will be included with the supplemental check,” says Jenna Thuening, owner of Home Destination. “Many caught in the Minnesota foreclosure timeline are eager to gain some sense of closure to the hardships following losing their homes.”

4.2 million individuals are or will gain the Independent Foreclosure Review compensation checks they have been waiting for. Regulators are dividing $ 3.6 billion in payments among the qualifying recipients; of these, 2.4 million homeowners are receiving $ 300. The correct total foreclosure reimbursement amounts are categorized on the Federal Reserve Boards website.

The recipients of the foreclosure compensation checks are mortgage loan borrowers whose homes were in any stage of a foreclosure process during 2009 or 2010, and whose mortgage servicers were among the 13 companies, or their subsidiaries or affiliates. Compensation checks began to go out in the mail April 12.

According to the OCC website, regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve board announced that all 4.4 million people who received a foreclosure notice in 2009 or 2010 could expect to receive a compensation check, regardless of whether they suffered any harm or were wronged. All things being even, the $ 3.6 billion allocated to the indicated homeowners would find a medium of everyone gaining a check just over $ 800.

Eventually, regulators established 11 categories in hopes to extend more money for homeowners who suffered greater harm. A “completed foreclosure” of a borrower protected by bankruptcy law, for example, would yield at minimum a $ 31,250 payout. Others would receive just $ 300, states Business Wire in a press release titled “Rust Provides Update on Independent Foreclosure Review Settlement Payments”. The Fed acknowledges the erroneous compensation payments have been sent, and says they will be corrected.

The OCC offers details of the IFR compensation categories. However, a recent GOA assessment of the process indicates tangles in the job and suggests lessons that can be learned from the process.

Questions remain as to the description of exactly what situations fall into which categories. The “Other ($ 3,000 & Up)” category comprises significant numbers that are unspecified.

In January, legislators seeking to help stop the foreclosure crisis, including Representative Maxine Waters,Senator Robert Menendez, together with Representatives Brad Miller and Luis Gutierrez, requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) monitor the Independent Foreclosure Review process. On April 17, 2013, the GAO issued its second report on the topic, unveiling a list of shortcomings. The report revealed that although regulators publicly released more information on the foreclosure review process than is typically disclosed in connection with a consent order, key elements of communication are missing, explaining why compensation checks stun recipients.

Compensation Categories As Outlined By The Regulators:


Modification Request Approved ($ 300 – $ 500)

Modification Request Denied ($ 1,000 – $ 6,000)

Modification Request Received – but no underwriting decision made ($ 400 – $ 800)

Servicer Did Not Engage With Borrower – in a loan modification or other loss mitigation action ($ 300 – $ 600)

Other Loans ($ 300 – $ 500)

Other Loans ($ 3,000 – $ 125,000)

Questions about the status of the check or any other inquiries regarding the Independent Foreclosure Review should be given to Rust Consulting; as they are the paying agent for the Federal Reserve Board. Rust Consulting is the agency intended to handle questions and provide answers. The Federal Reserve Board promises to continue monitoring the payments closely and encourages borrowers who have concerns or experience difficulties cashing their checks to call Rust at 1-888-952-9105.

Home Destination is a Certified Distressed Property Expert who is passionate to help Minneapolis real estate sellers and home buyers enjoy their homes; gaining a compensation check timely and in full may be part of that. Call 613-396-7832 for guidance.







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