The Life Cycle of Bankruptcy – Chapters 7, 11, and 13
Even though bankruptcy filings are becoming more and more commonplace, the process itself is still not easily understood by most people. In general, the bankruptcy process is intended to ultimately give debtors a fresh start. But the path to that fresh start depends on many factors. In the lifecycle of bankruptcy flow chart below, you’ll […]
The trouble with a non arm’s-length short sale…
The Backstory An investor opened several short sale transactions, acting as the buyer in each. One–by–one the short sale transactions began to cancel for one reason or another, leaving the escrow branch disgusted with the amount of work they put into each one without remuneration. The next deal in line came extremely close to closing […]
A Case of Brotherly Identity Theft…
The case… This is a real estate fraud/identity theft case brought by plaintiffs Darryl Dumas (“Darryl”) and Darryl Dumas as Trustee of the Dumas Revocable Living Trust Agreement Dated February 7, 2001 against Darryl’s brother Derrick Dumas (“Derrick”), among others, concerning real property located at 1875 Paradise Drive, Los Angeles, Calif. 90025 (“Subject Property”). On […]
The Probate Path – Married Community Property
Our previous probate path blog post discussed the sad tale of Sam Smith, who died with no kids, and the happy tale of Rolf, his nephew and sole heir who discovered that he had the proverbial “rich uncle.” Three Basic Probate Situations As noted in the December 6th blog, there are three basic probate situations: […]