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Posts Tagged With: FDCPA

California Debt Blog: Consumer reporting agencies must correct or delete inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable information

December 26, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

Inaccurate, incomplete or unverifiable information must be removed or corrected, usually within 30 days. However, the consumer reporting agency is not required to remove accurate derogatory information from your file unless it is outdated or cannot be verified. A consumer…

Categories: Credit, Current Affairs, Evictions, FAQ, FCRA, FDCPA, Hiring an attorney, Landlord Tenant, Legal Process, News, Rosenthal FDCPA, Unlawful Detainers Tags: 3 day notice, 3 day notice to pay rent or quit, 30 day notice, 5 day notice, 60 day notice, 90 day notice, Brachfeld and Associates, CACH, CACV, cash advance, Cashcall, CGA Property Management, Cornette Property Management, credit file, credit report, credit score, debt, debt collection, debt collector, debt validation, Equifax, Erica Brachfeld, eviction, eviction defense, Experian, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Isaac, FCRA, FDCPA, FICO, foreclosure, Frederick J Hanna, Frederick J Hanna & Associates, Hanna & Associates, HomePointe, HomePointe Property Management, Horizon Properties, landlord tenant, LVNV, Mark III, Mark III Property Management, Midland Credit Management, Midland Funding, nail and mail, NCO, NCO Financial, notice, notice to pay rent, Partners, Patenaude and Felix, payday loan, Persolve, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, PTFA, R-FDCPA, Realty Roundup, Realty Roundup Property Management, Resurgent Capital, RFDCPA, River City Property Management, Rosenthal Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Sac City Rentals, SacCirtyRentals.com, SacCityRentals, Sacramento Delta Property Management, served, short term debt, short term loan, Tiner Property Management, Titan Property Management, title loan, Trans Union, TransUnion, Unifund, Unifund CCR, unlawful detainer, validation

California Debt Blog: You have the right to dispute incomplete or inaccurate information on your credit report

December 24, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

If you identify information in your file that is incomplete or inaccurate, and report it to the consumer reporting agency, the agency must investigate unless your dispute is frivolous. See www.ftc.gov/creditforan explanation of dispute procedures.

Categories: Credit, Current Affairs, Evictions, FAQ, FCRA, FDCPA, Hiring an attorney, Landlord Tenant, Legal Process, News, Rosenthal FDCPA, Unlawful Detainers Tags: 3 day notice, 3 day notice to pay rent or quit, 30 day notice, 5 day notice, 60 day notice, 90 day notice, Brachfeld and Associates, CACH, CACV, cash advance, Cashcall, CGA Property Management, Cornette Property Management, credit file, credit report, credit score, debt, debt collection, debt collector, debt validation, Equifax, Erica Brachfeld, eviction, eviction defense, Experian, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Isaac, FCRA, FDCPA, FICO, foreclosure, Frederick J Hanna, Frederick J Hanna & Associates, Hanna & Associates, HomePointe, HomePointe Property Management, Horizon Properties, landlord tenant, LVNV, Mark III, Mark III Property Management, Midland Credit Management, Midland Funding, nail and mail, NCO, NCO Financial, notice, notice to pay rent, Partners, Patenaude and Felix, payday loan, Persolve, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, PTFA, R-FDCPA, Realty Roundup, Realty Roundup Property Management, Resurgent Capital, RFDCPA, River City Property Management, Rosenthal Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Sac City Rentals, SacCirtyRentals.com, SacCityRentals, Sacramento Delta Property Management, served, short term debt, short term loan, Tiner Property Management, Titan Property Management, title loan, Trans Union, TransUnion, Unifund, Unifund CCR, unlawful detainer, validation

California Debt Blog: You have the right to ask for your credit score

December 23, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

Credit scores are numerical summaries of your credit-worthiness based on information from credit bureaus. You may request a credit score from consumer reporting agencies that create scores or distribute scores used in residential real property loans, but you will have…

Categories: Credit, Current Affairs, Evictions, FAQ, FCRA, FDCPA, Hiring an attorney, Landlord Tenant, Legal Process, News, Rosenthal FDCPA, Unlawful Detainers Tags: 3 day notice, 3 day notice to pay rent or quit, 30 day notice, 5 day notice, 60 day notice, 90 day notice, Brachfeld and Associates, CACH, CACV, cash advance, Cashcall, CGA Property Management, Cornette Property Management, credit file, credit report, credit score, debt, debt collection, debt collector, debt validation, Equifax, Erica Brachfeld, eviction, eviction defense, Experian, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Isaac, FCRA, FDCPA, FICO, foreclosure, Frederick J Hanna, Frederick J Hanna & Associates, Hanna & Associates, HomePointe, HomePointe Property Management, Horizon Properties, landlord tenant, LVNV, Mark III, Mark III Property Management, Midland Credit Management, Midland Funding, nail and mail, NCO, NCO Financial, notice, notice to pay rent, Partners, Patenaude and Felix, payday loan, Persolve, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, PTFA, R-FDCPA, Realty Roundup, Realty Roundup Property Management, Resurgent Capital, RFDCPA, River City Property Management, Rosenthal Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Sac City Rentals, SacCirtyRentals.com, SacCityRentals, Sacramento Delta Property Management, served, short term debt, short term loan, Tiner Property Management, Titan Property Management, title loan, Trans Union, TransUnion, Unifund, Unifund CCR, unlawful detainer, validation

California Debt Blog: You have the right to know what is in your credit report and credit file

December 22, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

You may request and obtain all the information about you in the files of a consumer reporting agency. You will be required to provide proper identification, which may include your Social Security number. In many cases, the disclosure will be…

Categories: Credit, Current Affairs, Evictions, FAQ, FCRA, FDCPA, Hiring an attorney, Landlord Tenant, Legal Process, News, Rosenthal FDCPA, Unlawful Detainers Tags: 3 day notice, 3 day notice to pay rent or quit, 30 day notice, 5 day notice, 60 day notice, 90 day notice, Brachfeld and Associates, CACH, CACV, cash advance, Cashcall, CGA Property Management, Cornette Property Management, credit file, credit report, credit score, debt, debt collection, debt collector, debt validation, Equifax, Erica Brachfeld, eviction, eviction defense, Experian, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Isaac, FCRA, FDCPA, FICO, foreclosure, Frederick J Hanna, Frederick J Hanna & Associates, Hanna & Associates, HomePointe, HomePointe Property Management, Horizon Properties, landlord tenant, LVNV, Mark III, Mark III Property Management, Midland Credit Management, Midland Funding, nail and mail, NCO, NCO Financial, notice, notice to pay rent, Partners, Patenaude and Felix, payday loan, Persolve, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, PTFA, R-FDCPA, Realty Roundup, Realty Roundup Property Management, Resurgent Capital, RFDCPA, River City Property Management, Rosenthal Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Sac City Rentals, SacCirtyRentals.com, SacCityRentals, Sacramento Delta Property Management, served, short term debt, short term loan, Tiner Property Management, Titan Property Management, title loan, Trans Union, TransUnion, Unifund, Unifund CCR, unlawful detainer, validation

California Debt Blog: You must be told if information in your credit file file has been used against you

December 20, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

Anyone who uses a credit report or another type of consumer report to deny your application for credit, insurance, or employment – or to take another adverse action against you – must tell you, and must give you the name,…

Categories: Credit, Current Affairs, Evictions, FAQ, FCRA, FDCPA, Hiring an attorney, Landlord Tenant, Legal Process, News, Rosenthal FDCPA, Unlawful Detainers Tags: 3 day notice, 3 day notice to pay rent or quit, 30 day notice, 5 day notice, 60 day notice, 90 day notice, Brachfeld and Associates, CACH, CACV, cash advance, Cashcall, CGA Property Management, Cornette Property Management, credit file, credit report, credit score, debt, debt collection, debt collector, debt validation, Equifax, Erica Brachfeld, eviction, eviction defense, Experian, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Isaac, FCRA, FDCPA, FICO, foreclosure, Frederick J Hanna, Frederick J Hanna & Associates, Hanna & Associates, HomePointe, HomePointe Property Management, Horizon Properties, landlord tenant, LVNV, Mark III, Mark III Property Management, Midland Credit Management, Midland Funding, nail and mail, NCO, NCO Financial, notice, notice to pay rent, Partners, Patenaude and Felix, payday loan, Persolve, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, PTFA, R-FDCPA, Realty Roundup, Realty Roundup Property Management, Resurgent Capital, RFDCPA, River City Property Management, Rosenthal Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Sac City Rentals, SacCirtyRentals.com, SacCityRentals, Sacramento Delta Property Management, served, short term debt, short term loan, Tiner Property Management, Titan Property Management, title loan, Trans Union, TransUnion, Unifund, Unifund CCR, unlawful detainer, validation

California Debt Blog: You May Not Always Need an Attorney for a Landlord Tenant Dispute

December 19, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

here may be problems that you can resolve without an attorney. The California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has a website with excellent information and sources of information. You may want to consult them. 10. Hire an attorney. When all…

Categories: Current Affairs, Evictions, FAQ, Hiring an attorney, Landlord Tenant, Legal Process, News, Unlawful Detainers Tags: 3 day notice to pay rent or quit, 30 day notice, 5 day notice, 60 day notice, 90 day notice, Brachfeld and Associates, CACH, CACV, cash advance, Cashcall, CGA Property Management, Cornette Property Management, credit score, debt, debt collection, debt collector, debt validation, Equifax, Erica Brachfeld, eviction, eviction defense, Experian, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Isaac, FDCPA, FICO, foreclosure, Frederick J Hanna, Frederick J Hanna & Associates, Hanna & Associates, HomePointe, HomePointe Property Management, Horizon Properties, landlord tenant, LVNV, Mark III, Mark III Property Management, Midland Credit Management, Midland Funding, nail and mail, NCO, NCO Financial, notice, notice to pay rent, Partners, Patenaude and Felix, payday loan, Persolve, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, PTFA, R-FDCPA, Realty Roundup, Realty Roundup Property Management, Resurgent Capital, RFDCPA, River City Property Management, Rosenthal Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Sac City Rentals, SacCirtyRentals.com, SacCityRentals, Sacramento Delta Property Management, served, short term debt, short term loan, Tiner Property Management, Titan Property Management, title loan, Trans Union, TransUnion, Unifund, Unifund CCR, unlawful detainer, validation

California Debt Blog: Tenants May Be Able to Legally Withhold Rent in California

December 18, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

This is a riskier way of trying to get the property repaired. By law, a tenant is allowed to withhold some or all of the rent if the landlord does not fix serious defects. These defects must make the property…

Categories: Current Affairs, Evictions, FAQ, Hiring an attorney, Landlord Tenant, News, Unlawful Detainers Tags: 3 day notice, 3 day notice to pay rent or quit, 30 day notice, 5 day notice, 60 day notice, 90 day notice, Brachfeld and Associates, CACH, CACV, cash advance, Cashcall, CGA Property Management, Cornette Property Management, credit score, debt, debt collection, debt collector, debt validation, Equifax, Erica Brachfeld, eviction, eviction defense, Experian, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Isaac, FDCPA, FICO, foreclosure, Frederick J Hanna, Frederick J Hanna & Associates, Hanna & Associates, HomePointe, HomePointe Property Management, Horizon Properties, landlord tenant, LVNV, Mark III, Mark III Property Management, Midland Credit Management, Midland Funding, nail and mail, NCO, NCO Financial, notice, notice to pay rent, Partners, Patenaude and Felix, payday loan, Persolve, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, PTFA, R-FDCPA, Realty Roundup, Realty Roundup Property Management, Resurgent Capital, RFDCPA, River City Property Management, Rosenthal Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Sac City Rentals, SacCirtyRentals.com, SacCityRentals, Sacramento Delta Property Management, served, short term debt, short term loan, Tiner Property Management, Titan Property Management, title loan, Trans Union, TransUnion, Unifund, Unifund CCR, unlawful detainer, validation

California Debt Blog: Repair and Deduct can be beneficial for tenants – if used properly

December 17, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

Repair and deduct allows you to deduct money from the rent to pay for repairs. The steps include: 1. The defects must be serious and directly related to the tenant’s health and safety. 2. The repairs cannot cost more than…

Categories: Current Affairs, Evictions, FAQ, Hiring an attorney, Landlord Tenant, News, Unlawful Detainers Tags: 3 day notice, 3 day notice to pay rent or quit, 30 day notice, 5 day notice, 60 day notice, 90 day notice, Brachfeld and Associates, CACH, CACV, cash advance, Cashcall, CGA Property Management, Cornette Property Management, credit score, debt, debt collection, debt collector, debt validation, Equifax, Erica Brachfeld, eviction, eviction defense, Experian, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Isaac, FDCPA, FICO, foreclosure, Frederick J Hanna, Frederick J Hanna & Associates, Hanna & Associates, HomePointe, HomePointe Property Management, Horizon Properties, landlord tenant, LVNV, Mark III, Mark III Property Management, Midland Credit Management, Midland Funding, nail and mail, NCO, NCO Financial, notice, notice to pay rent, Partners, Patenaude and Felix, payday loan, Persolve, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, PTFA, R-FDCPA, Realty Roundup, Realty Roundup Property Management, Resurgent Capital, RFDCPA, River City Property Management, Rosenthal Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Sac City Rentals, SacCirtyRentals.com, SacCityRentals, Sacramento Delta Property Management, served, short term debt, short term loan, Tiner Property Management, Titan Property Management, title loan, Trans Union, TransUnion, Unifund, Unifund CCR, unlawful detainer, validation

California Debt Blog: You May Have A Defense to an Unlawful Detainer or Eviction Lawsuit

December 16, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

Typical defenses to an eviction include failure to state the amount of rent properly, failure to provide a habitable rental or that the eviction was filed for retaliatory reasons. These defense MUST be raised in the defense or you cannot…

Categories: Current Affairs, Evictions, FAQ, Hiring an attorney, Landlord Tenant, News, Unlawful Detainers Tags: 3 day notice, 3 day notice to pay rent or quit, 30 day notice, 5 day notice, 60 day notice, 90 day notice, Brachfeld and Associates, CACH, CACV, cash advance, Cashcall, CGA Property Management, Cornette Property Management, credit score, debt, debt collection, debt collector, debt validation, Equifax, Erica Brachfeld, eviction, eviction defense, Experian, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Isaac, FDCPA, FICO, foreclosure, Frederick J Hanna, Frederick J Hanna & Associates, Hanna & Associates, HomePointe, HomePointe Property Management, Horizon Properties, landlord tenant, LVNV, Mark III, Mark III Property Management, Midland Credit Management, Midland Funding, nail and mail, NCO, NCO Financial, notice, notice to pay rent, Partners, Patenaude and Felix, payday loan, Persolve, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, PTFA, R-FDCPA, Realty Roundup, Realty Roundup Property Management, Resurgent Capital, RFDCPA, River City Property Management, Rosenthal Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Sac City Rentals, SacCirtyRentals.com, SacCityRentals, Sacramento Delta Property Management, served, short term debt, short term loan, Tiner Property Management, Titan Property Management, title loan, Trans Union, TransUnion, Unifund, Unifund CCR, unlawful detainer, validation

California Debt Blog: You Must Respond to An Unlawful Detainer Complaint

December 15, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

If the landlord wants to evict you and you have not moved out voluntarily, you will be served with an unlawful detainer. You only have 5 days to respond to this. Your response may be a demurrer, a motion to…

Categories: Current Affairs, Evictions, FAQ, Hiring an attorney, Landlord Tenant, News, Unlawful Detainers Tags: 3 day notice, 3 day notice to pay rent or quit, 30 day notice, 5 day notice, 60 day notice, 90 day notice, Brachfeld and Associates, CACH, CACV, cash advance, Cashcall, CGA Property Management, Cornette Property Management, credit score, debt, debt collection, debt collector, debt validation, Equifax, Erica Brachfeld, eviction, eviction defense, Experian, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Isaac, FDCPA, FICO, foreclosure, Frederick J Hanna, Frederick J Hanna & Associates, Hanna & Associates, HomePointe, HomePointe Property Management, Horizon Properties, landlord tenant, LVNV, Mark III, Mark III Property Management, Midland Credit Management, Midland Funding, nail and mail, NCO, NCO Financial, notice, notice to pay rent, Partners, Patenaude and Felix, payday loan, Persolve, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, PTFA, R-FDCPA, Realty Roundup, Realty Roundup Property Management, Resurgent Capital, RFDCPA, River City Property Management, Rosenthal Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Sac City Rentals, SacCirtyRentals.com, SacCityRentals, Sacramento Delta Property Management, served, short term debt, short term loan, Tiner Property Management, Titan Property Management, title loan, Trans Union, TransUnion, Unifund, Unifund CCR, unlawful detainer, validation

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