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ms.smiler

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85. badtoworse, after hours per day on a daily basis of research into
Sun Sep 28, 2014, 12:44 AM
Sep 2014

mortgage/foreclosure/securities fraud for the past 6 years I don’t believe I have any misconceptions but I certainly realize there is even more for me to learn about the securitization scheme.

The terms are in the agreement yes, but the character of the transaction is not disclosed or explained to the borrower who is not informed they are a party to securitization and they are not informed of other unknown parties that will also have a contractual obligation to make payments on the loan. Do you expect the borrower to somehow divine this information and understand the ramifications from words that do not appear anywhere on the contract?

The creditor and borrower both have obligations in the contract. There is little opportunity for the borrower to learn the identity of their actual lender or the actual and correct loan balance. The borrower is never informed of the other parties who have a contractual obligation to pay on their loan. The borrower has no idea if their loan was lawfully assigned and securitized or if perhaps it was unlawfully pledged to numerous Trusts. (Ponzi - yes, the largest in history.) The borrower has no idea if a breach of the contract occurred on the creditor side of the transaction or if their loan was even lawfully assigned at some point subsequent to securitization.

And in 6 years of research, no one has yet been able to direct me to the law which governs how a security is converted back into a loan so at this point I’m tempted to conclude that once a loan is securitized, it remains a security and no longer exists as a loan.

As an example of unlawful assignment, MERS never bothered to lawfully create officers prior to 2012 so millions of earlier Assignments of Mortgage are actually invalid. But then after 6 years of research, I still haven’t found a single example of a lawful assignment to an MBS Trust.

As another example, it was Citi I think who ceased selling collection rights on credit card accounts for about a year, because their records were in such disarray that closed accounts and accounts in good standing were included with those accounts supposedly in default.

In a traditional mortgage loan the borrower is the only party with a contractual obligation to make the payments. In a securitized mortgage loan though, numerous parties may have a contractual obligation to make the payments, unbeknownst to the borrower and one of those parties is the debt collector, (the mortgage servicer.)

If a homeowner ceases making mortgage payments, they have no idea what other parties may be making the payments and that their loan is not truly in default when they receive foreclosure documents. Of course they are likely unaware that a breach of contract occurred on the creditor side of the transaction long before their cessation of payments.

When is a loan in default? When some party erroneously declares a supposed default or when all payments cease to be paid on the loan?

There is so much fraud that transpires on the creditor side in this scheme that by the time some debt collector contacts the consumer, no good paper remains provided there was even good paper at loan origination. No full and lawful accounting of the loan is provided to the consumer. Without spending a few thousand, the consumer has no way to know if their loan was lawfully securitized and there is no lawful proof of the assignment of the alleged debt provided to the consumer.

It’s absurd to me but this all boils down to faith based borrowing for consumers. You expect consumers to simply trust the middleman - the banks and that they have lawfully handled consumer loans, lawfully securitized them, lawfully maintained complete loan balances, lawfully converted securities back into loans, and lawfully assigned the debt. You appear to assume that banks take great care to insure that no investors or consumers are cheated at all in this scheme and that throughout this process, the debt remains valid.

Really? Are you that trusting?

Do you follow the news?

I sat in court one day and listened to an attorney for a debt collector explain to the court that banks destroy credit card applications, which is why he had no signed contract to show the court. The attorney did have a few copies of statements though which is about as much as any debt collector ever gets for their .03 on the dollar. I had assisted the Defendant who won of course.

I understood the bluff. It was no longer a valid debt.

Do you suppose what that attorney said is correct? If the debt was valid and the contracts were so important, why would banks destroy them? Why don’t debt collectors ever have signed contracts when they appear in court? Why do they never have proof the debt was assigned to them? All they have is a spoken claim to the right to collect some mythical loan balance for which they never have a complete accounting.

No consumer should pay or settle with a debt collector. This scheme is designed with no transparency at all for the consumer. The consumer has no way to know if the debt remains valid, if a valid assignment transpired, the identity of the assignee, or what actual, true and correct balance may remain.

It’s not a debt, it’s a scam. It’s sophisticated and it’s profitable for the banks regardless how the loan works out but remains a scam.



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Simple solution: If you're carrying debt, pay it off. badtoworse Sep 2014 #1
Overly simple solution tkmorris Sep 2014 #2
If you're going to lose part of your check to a garnishment,... badtoworse Sep 2014 #5
In other words, choose to pay your debt rather than eat AZ Progressive Sep 2014 #14
If you're dealing with a potential garnishment, a judge will decide how much can be garnished. badtoworse Sep 2014 #20
I know someone that had $2 of her $8.25 wages garnished hobbit709 Sep 2014 #21
There are two sides in a situation like this, which is why a judge makes the call. badtoworse Sep 2014 #24
You're just full of sympathy for the less fortunate aren't you. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #25
It's not just a matter of sympathy; there is also an element of fairness. badtoworse Sep 2014 #28
badtoworse, it’s a pity you lack an understanding of the debt collection racket. ms.smiler Sep 2014 #37
In the end, someone got stuck with a defaulted loan. badtoworse Sep 2014 #52
badtoworse, I’m delighted to discuss these issues with you. ms.smiler Sep 2014 #57
You're overlooking a few points badtoworse Sep 2014 #68
badtoworse, I’m enjoying our discussion, thank you. ms.smiler Sep 2014 #83
You have a lot of misconceptions about debt. I'll respond to a few of them. badtoworse Sep 2014 #84
badtoworse, after hours per day on a daily basis of research into ms.smiler Sep 2014 #85
Citi and other loan-sharks charge and get paid usurious interest on the original loan brentspeak Sep 2014 #67
you want to talk about fairness? How about wages being suppressed for decades, unions being busted, liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #59
Everything is fair. Judges always make the right call. Nothing bad ever happens. kcr Sep 2014 #62
What an erudite response. What's your solution? badtoworse Sep 2014 #63
Knee cap them. kcr Sep 2014 #65
80% of bankruptcies are because of medical debt riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #71
IOW, no solution. badtoworse Sep 2014 #72
Recognizing a problem is the first step. kcr Sep 2014 #74
Single payer and free college education riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #75
The idea of a fresh start is that in life, closeupready Sep 2014 #77
We already have that. It's called bankruptcy. badtoworse Sep 2014 #79
Okay, so you're just here spoiling for an e-fight. closeupready Sep 2014 #80
What's wrong with bankruptcy? It addresses exactly what you posted. badtoworse Sep 2014 #81
And judges are angels sent our way to help. tecelote Sep 2014 #27
I guess it depends on whose ox is getting gored. badtoworse Sep 2014 #29
True. tecelote Sep 2014 #30
Duh. Two-income homes become one-income homes. closeupready Sep 2014 #16
Paying some of your creditors will not stop your other creditors Mariana Sep 2014 #61
You need to give that lecture to the likes of Donald Trump and Mitt Romney notadmblnd Sep 2014 #33
the only way you'd get them to pay attention would be with a clue by four. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #35
Seriously? People lose jobs, have unexpected expenses, get sick, etc. Hosnon Sep 2014 #7
More accurately, merely a 'simplistic solution'. LanternWaste Sep 2014 #9
you want to know what the simple solution is? notadmblnd Sep 2014 #34
And while you are at it save for retirement upaloopa Sep 2014 #18
Yeah ... you forgot ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #31
Manicures gollygee Sep 2014 #44
Or, if you can't pay off loans, don't take out loans bhikkhu Sep 2014 #51
I agree with you - consumer debt and even mortgages are entirely too easy to obtain badtoworse Sep 2014 #53
Extremely accurate post yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #54
You're right. Paint lenders in a bad enough light and the obligation to repay a loan disappears. badtoworse Sep 2014 #69
More simple solutions: Heywood J Sep 2014 #64
Falls under the category of other "simple solutions" such as brentspeak Sep 2014 #66
and if you do get sick, die quickly. burnsei sensei Sep 2014 #76
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh . . . winning hearts and minds just like you know how again . . . . HughBeaumont Sep 2014 #70
ALEC rats no doubt Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #3
There was a recent thread claiming 10% of wage-earners closeupready Sep 2014 #4
I doubt that you're naive FBaggins Sep 2014 #32
Just for reference, here's the thread I am referring to: closeupready Sep 2014 #36
That's just about what I expected FBaggins Sep 2014 #49
It's not exactly that simple... pipoman Sep 2014 #6
And a lot of people dont show up to court to contest the debt Travis_0004 Sep 2014 #8
one stunt the collection agencies do is not properly notify you of a court date. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #12
A return of service has to be filed with the court pipoman Sep 2014 #43
Exactly. sendero Sep 2014 #26
Yeah, because I totally... bobclark86 Sep 2014 #39
that is a violation of the FDCPA Travis_0004 Sep 2014 #40
Not an option for them, and a lot of people pipoman Sep 2014 #45
coughcoughbullshitcoughcough nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #82
Yep pipoman Sep 2014 #41
One good thing about TX hobbit709 Sep 2014 #10
Texas also has very good personal bankruptcy exemptions, i.e. your house regardless of value. eom Purveyor Sep 2014 #19
People are encouraged to have child support garnished. tammywammy Sep 2014 #22
"Encouraged" meaning "required by law" since 1994. FBaggins Sep 2014 #50
Same thing here in PA Freddie Sep 2014 #56
Wow!!! Wellstone ruled Sep 2014 #11
It's mostly fear leftstreet Sep 2014 #13
People who fear should be helpful, not hostile, to others being affected AZ Progressive Sep 2014 #15
Either that, or they work in collections themselves. closeupready Sep 2014 #17
Or they are just sadists. BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #42
Don't forget bombs in the Middle East yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #55
Which will no doubt lead them to... Xolodno Sep 2014 #23
Repeal the 2005 bankruptcy reform mb999 Sep 2014 #38
There's a word for this: Brigid Sep 2014 #46
It reminds me gollygee Sep 2014 #48
except in the case of unpaid child support, wage garnishment should be illegal. nt Terra Alta Sep 2014 #47
Many years ago (1970's) I was a Bankruptcy Paralegal HeiressofBickworth Sep 2014 #58
Yes, indeed. Ignoring a problem and hoping it will just go away is not a smart choice. kcr Sep 2014 #73
Most lenders don't go to this extent davidn3600 Sep 2014 #60
I had my wages garnished once. RebelOne Sep 2014 #78
Are there certain companies that are more likely to garnish than others? Wella Sep 2014 #86
a belated k and r niyad Mar 2015 #87
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