Some Peace of Mind This December
The holidays are here, the end of the year is looming large, for many it’s time to tidy things up before 2019 rolls in and things get going again. Over
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Debt, Judgments, and Liens
Last week I wrote about debt and AMC’s Lodge 49. A show in which debt is so pervasive it’s another character. This is the flip side of that conversation –
The Debts of Lodge 49
The first season of Lodge 49 ended a few weeks ago (along with the latest season of Better Call Saul, I’ll write about that later). I waited to write because
Surviving Debt: Expert Advice
Some people just like self-help books. Some people (like someone I am related to) always have one open on their nightstand and seem to have read them all. I’ve only
I Call BS . . . (on everyone, myself very much included)
“I call BS” The students of the high school in Florida who suffered that mass school shooting earlier this year adopted the battle cry “I call BS” in the face
Living Her Dream
Quite often I find myself in conversations with people who say things like, “When __ happens, then I will do ___.” For example, “When I retire, then I will play
99 Homes
A week or so back, I was at a conference table with another lawyer and a client. The subject was, of course, debt and a pending foreclosure. I’d known the
My First Solo
It was twelve years ago today, October 2, 2006, that I went solo. I actually didn’t have much of a plan. I had obtained a position reviewing documents for large
Picturing Foreclosure
Who do you picture when you hear the word Foreclosure? Do you picture people sitting around piles of cash they have saved up because they haven’t paid their mortgage? Do
A Day in Court
I was in court a few days ago, a woman was there, representing herself, trying to tell the court that she was about to sell her house and the foreclosure