Jim Wasserman, the Sacramento Bee’s excellent home reporter, wrote an article today about the government’s help for homeowners. (By the way, Jim has an excellent blog I recommend too!) The news from the federal government is good. It means that…
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UNUM Found Guilty of Fraud
This just came across my desk: “A Boston jury has found that Unum(NYSE: UNM), the nation’s largest disability provider, defrauded the UnitedStates by forcing its customers to submit false claims for disabilitybenefits to the Social Security Administration (SSA), when Unum…
AIG – At It aGain
AIG should have a new name – At It aGain. (Sorry, I had to take a little creative license to make it work.) AIG just got bailed out from the government. So, what do they do? Spend over $200,000 on…
California Debt Blog: Foreclosure Resource
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, fine folks who try to help the economy, have put together a resource on foreclosures. The one I like the best: Foreclosure Hot Spots Map. You can take a look and see where foreclosures…
California Debt Blog: Trends in Foreclosures
I thought I would give you an update on what I am seeing in foreclosures. This mainly applies to California families, but attorneys I know in other states are telling me similar things. A few of the lowlights: Banks are…
California Debt Blog: Foreclosed Properties Driving You Crazy?
Are you living in a neighborhood with a lot of foreclosures? Are the foreclosed homes bringing in vagrants, vandals and Viacom? (Okay, work with me – it is Sunday and I had no where to go with that!) What to…
Road Safety Measures
Tony Bizjak of the Sacramento Bee had an article in yesterdays paper about road safety measures. Some of the ideas are counter-intuitive but work. These ideas include removing safety devices like stop signs. Tony writes: “Danger lurks on the road,…
California Debt Blog: Avoid the call from your former broker
I received a few fascinating calls in the last couple of weeks that I have not written about yet because I thought it was just a fluke. But then I read about it in the California Bar Journal this week….
California Debt Blog: New trend: Trying to collect on non-recourse loans
I have come across a new trend and I need to alert you to it. Debt collectors are trying to collect on non-recourse loans. Let me explain. When you take out a mortgage, any mortgage you use to purchase the…
Five Truths About Driving
Since he is such a better writer than me (hence he gets paid for it and I don’t), I am going to paste Tony Bizjak’s article from the Sacramento Bee today: Today, we unveil five “truths” you should know about…