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BAPCPA Man vs Mortgantua #4 – Mortgage Cramdown!

The BAPCPA Man vs. Mortgantua battle rages on.  How will BAPCPA Man get out of this jam? Note: This cartoon is posted on the NYBankruptcyNet site with the express permission of the creators of BAPCPA Man. If you’re facing foreclosure in New York, if you’re struggling with mortgage and other financial problems, if you need …

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BAPCPA Man #15 – BAPCPA Man continues his battle with Mortgantua (Part 3)

Note: This cartoon is posted on the NYBankruptcyNet site with the express permission of the creators of BAPCPA Man. Click here to see a larger version of BAPCPA Man #15:  BAPCPA Man vs Mortgangua #3. If you’re worried about foreclosure and mortgage problems and are contemplating filing bankruptcy in New York along with other options, …

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Loan modification scams and U.S. Foreclosure Relief

There’s a great recent post by Professor Katie Porter on the CreditSlips.org blog about loan modification scams. If you’ve read other posts on NYBankruptcyNet on the topic of loan modifications, hopefully you’re familiar with the basic gist:  namely that any non-lawyer loan modification service (and unfortunately, some lawyer loan modification services) are almost always scams.  …

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Bankruptcy Bill’s Bankruptcy Song Contest

A song contest might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of bankruptcy.  But apparently, it is for the folks at the Bankruptcy Bill cartoon site. So if you have any thoughts or feelings about the topic of bankruptcy, whether from personal experience or otherwise, here’s a wonderful opportunity to …

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Foreclosure increase + jobless recovery = Trouble

You may have noticed a couple pieces of bad news circulating in the media the last few days. One is that foreclosures have continued to climb, according to the quarterly statistics put out by RealityTrac.  Why the increase?  Apparently banks have been delaying a lot of foreclosures as they’ve tried to implement the federal foreclosure …

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Are any debts non-dischargeable in a bankruptcy case in New York?

The goal of a bankruptcy case is to get the discharge.  This is true whether your bankruptcy is in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Long Island or anywhere else in New York or the rest of the U.S.  And it’s the same whether it’s a Chapter 7, Chapter 11 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The discharge is what …

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Non-bank lenders and the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

We hear a lot of terms that refer to players in the money lending industry.  Banks, mortgage lenders, credit card companies, subprime lenders, mortgage brokers, etc. One distinction we don’t hear a lot about, though, is the one between banks and non-bank lenders.  The difference is that banks are subject to much more regulation and …

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BAPCPA Man #7 – BAPCPA Man vs. Mortgantua

Another great cartoon from BAPCPA Man as he takes on the evil Mortgantua.  Really seems to sum up what homeowners must bee feeling if they’re facing foreclosure in New York.  To learn more on the topic you can read some of my my previous posts on the topic of Brooklyn NY Foreclosure Attorneys. Note: This …

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Brooklyn Judge gives New York homeowners a fighting chance against foreclosure

For New York homeowners facing foreclosure, they may feel like the deck is stacked against them.  The economy is in the tank.  Credit has dried up.  Trying to call your mortgage company and negotiate a loan modification feels like an exercise in futility.  And mortgage companies are probably profiting off the delays in the foreclosure …

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