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Why Florida's Foreclosure Machine Is Slowing Down

The State of Florida has the third highest foreclosure rate in the United States after Nevada and Arizona. Florida's legislature appropriated $9.6 million this year to hire semi-retired judges and case managers to preside and assist in foreclosure hearings.

Protecting Tenants From Foreclosure

With the collapse of the real estate market and the resulting bank foreclosures on hundreds of thousands of residential rental properties, often, tenants residing as leaseholders in residential properties become collateral victims and are forced to vacate their leaseholds often with minimal notice.

What to Do with An Unwanted Timeshare

In today’s current economic climate with many homeowners losing their home to foreclosure, short sale or simply “walking away” they are finding that they are burdened by their timeshare vacation rental with their ever increasing assessments.

New Landlord Tenant New York Loft Law

Implications of new loft law

A judgment filed in your county is a lien on your real property

A judgment filed in your county is a lien on your real property. It can prevent you from closing on a sale of property.

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