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Solutions to the ongoing foreclosure crisis are virtually absent from the national political debate, but in Florida, one of the states hardest-hit by the housing crunch, several homeowners who have seen crisis firsthand are running for local office on anti-Wall Street platforms.

Lisa Epstein, a foreclosure victim-turned-activist, has launched a bid to unseat the local Palm Beach County Clerk in Florida, running on the slogan “a wave of change.”

She is joined by at least two other anti-foreclosure fraud activists in Florida making runs for county clerk positions, the office in charge of property records. (A fourth dropped out after launching a campaign.)

Epstein will have the backing of one of the state’s most popular progressive figures, former Rep. Alan Grayson (D), injecting an unusual amount of energy into a race that is often sleepy and frequently uncontested.

[HUFFINGTON POST]

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We will do all possible to make this a reality for you.

Palm Beach Post-

– Clerk of Courts Sharon Bock has drawn a Democratic primary challenge from foreclosure-fighting activist Lisa Epstein, who has attracted a national following for exposing suspicious foreclosure paperwork from lending institutions.

Epstein wants the clerk’s office to help crack down on fraud, starting with an audit of real estate documents filed in Palm Beach County. In a bid to address Epstein’s concerns – and avoid a Democratic primary – county Democratic Chariman Mark Alan Siegel arranged a lunch meeting between Bock and Epstein on Friday in Boca Raton.

“If there are things that can be solved, we don’t need an election to do it,” Siegel said. He called Epstein “a spirited person. She wants to raise issues. Let’s see what happens. In our view, Sharon’s doing a great job.”

[Palm Beach Post]

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via: Discovery Tactics Anthony Martinez

MY MESSAGE TO COMPANIES LIKE NATIONWIDE TITLE CLEARING & OTHERS

When people, government officials or corporations come into the people’s cross-hairs and a decision is made that we will no longer allow, YOU ARE DONE!  I will let history remind you that the proof of that statement is in the pudding.  To all the powers that be:

If you are emotional and acting on emotion DON’T!  Whoever is advising you to suppress freedom of speech as a means to strengthen your position has you ill advised…FIRE THEM!  Do not confuse what you do to turn a profit with being morally correct and sound.  This foreclosure crisis has been a direct attack against the American people on American soil for monetary gain.  American’s (as you can see) are starting to stand up and say “We will no longer allow!”  If you’ve learned anything from what has transpired with the Law Office of David J. Stern, it should be that when YOU get enough negative publicity in the American Press, no one will want to do business or associate themselves with YOU.  For NTC, your efforts are misplaced.  Attacking those who are advocates of the PEOPLE like Matt Weidner and Lisa Epstein makes you look bad.  The robo-signer negative publicity has had its impact but you were better off cleaning up that mess by re-assigning people and assuring the AMERICAN PEOPLE that you will take steps and measures to ensure NO robo-signing exist.  It would be better to agree with the people and show a positive support for the people rather than giving them the finger and hiring attorney’s to attack their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to voice their opinion.  Truth be told, the American people don’t care about NTC or Stern or any other company.  They care about their family and friends and do business with those who will further their needs.  Your moves will only cause greater NEGATIVE PUBLICITY toward you which in turn, will cause YOUR CLIENTS to worry about their reputations and business if they associate and do business with YOU!  You don’t believe me?  Watch and learn how this Litigation Consultant gave you free insight that either saved or destroyed your business.

By now, most have read the Deposition of the Infamous Erica Johnson Seck. This is the homeowner Israel Machado speaking out about his foreclosure.

Thank you Ice Legal!

By ROBBIE WHELAN

LOXAHATCHEE, Fla.—Israel Machado’s foreclosure started out as a routine affair. In the summer of 2008, as the economy began to soften, Mr. Machado’s pool-cleaning business suffered and like millions of other Americans, he fell behind on his $400,000 mortgage.

But Mr. Machado’s response was unlike most other Americans’. Instead of handing his home over to the lender, IndyMac Bank FSB, he hired Ice Legal LP in nearby Royal Palm Beach to fight the foreclosure. The law firm researched the history of Mr. Machado’s loan and found two interesting facts.

First, the affidavits IndyMac used to file the foreclosure were signed by a so-called robo-signer named Erica A. Johnson-Seck, who routinely signed 6,000 documents a week related to foreclosures and bankruptcy. That volume, the court decided, meant Ms. Johnson-Seck couldn’t possibly have thoroughly reviewed the facts of Mr. Machado’s case, as required by law.

Secondly, IndyMac (now called OneWest Bank) no longer owned the loan—a group of investors in a securitized trust managed by Deutsche Bank did. Determining that IndyMac didn’t really have standing to foreclose, a judge threw out the case and ordered IndyMac to pay Mr. Machado’s $30,000 legal bill.

Mr. Machado and his lawyer, Tom Ice, say they now want to convince the owners of the mortgage to cut Mr. Machado’s loan balance to between $150,000 and $200,000—the current selling price for comparable homes in his community near West Palm Beach. “The whole intent was to get them to come to the negotiating table, to get me in a fixed-rate mortgage that worked,” Mr. Machado said.

Continue reading…WALL STREET JOURNAL

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Via: ForeclosureHamlet

The evidence on the docket as well as the Notice of Mediation prove definitively that Deutsche Bank, the Law Offices of David J. Stern, Mr- Stern himself as lead attorney of the Law Offices of David J. Stern, and/or Florida Mediation Group, Inc. Intentionally and knowingly violated a court order, a crime defined by FL Crim. Stat. Sec. 3.840, Indirect Criminal- Contempt of Judge Roger Colton’s 4/1/2010 Order for Mediation to occur within 60 days at the plaintiff’s expense.

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Special THANK YOU to 4closurefraud, Foreclosure Hamlet & The HAMLETEERS for putting their lives on hold, getting on a bus and fight for what they believe…YOUR RIGHTS!

Via: 4closurefraud

Lisa Epstein, owner of the Foreclosure Support site, Foreclosure Hamlet, is already on to the next project!

After spending 20 hours on a bus and a full day of speeches and talking with dozens of legislators at our Rally in Tally, she is back for more…

Watch out Fraudsters. This woman is on a mission!

See below and get the word out please.   This show can be extreme, but hey, so can we!

Our collective goal in this foreclosure crisis is to educate EVERYONE and to overcome the burden of the “deadbeat stigma”.  The audience of this show is very vocal and active.

Make sure to call in and voice your support

FROM:  “The Power Hour” with Joyce Riley

PO Box 85, Versailles, MO  65084

www.ThePowerHour.com

RE: Talk Radio CONFIRMATION for FRIDAY – APRIL 23– 9am-ET

Hello Lisa,
Joyce Riley of ThePowerHour sincerely wishes to thank you for agreeing to be a guest on her syndicated talk radio broadcast. I have retained the previous talking points from your last “Happy Hour” and will send them to Joyce, along with the May 19^th completed guest schedule.  Plus, Joyce will call you the day before your scheduled interview to create a comfort zone, making for the best possible interview.
CONFIRMATION:
APRIL 23 – FRIDAY:  Our Minneapolis studio will be calling you at 19am your EASTERN Daylight TIME

We will link our radio show to your website: ForeclosureHamlet.org

If you have any articles of related interest (press stories etc.) you wish to post with your guest appearance just email them over to me.

The Power Hour appreciates your dedication and efforts to stop the stigma surrounding people foreclosed upon and we look forward to your coming guest appearance.
Always in Health, Liberty, and Truth,

Marie Gunther – Guest & Program Producer of www.ThePowerHour.com

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