If you closed on a short sale in the last five years and did not obtain a waiver of the unpaid balance owed to the first mortgage holder, you are at risk of now being sued for the difference – called a deficiency balance. This could be for tens or…
What should you do if you are sued by NCSLT for student loans? In recent years, lawsuits brought by the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts (NCSLT) has become an epidemic. Defending these cases can be fun and rewarding. Often, consumers are faced with a lawsuit for tens of thousands of…
Bankruptcy enables you to write off income taxes more than three-years old. However, bankruptcy cannot get rid of all back taxes. There are many qualifications and stipulations regarding what taxes you can and cannot write off under bankruptcy. Our Florida bankruptcy clients are often able to discharge more taxes than…
In examining the typical debt that a person lives with nowadays, Sorboni Banerjee, Fox News Consumer Reporter, interviewed Tampa, Florida Student Loan Attorney Christie Arkovich for a news story on Monday. The portion dealing with student loan debt is copied below: Christie Arkovich specializes in helping people negotiate their student…
The bankruptcy laws do not require married couples to file bankruptcy together. This is one of those things that people do because they just assume they have no choice, and you can bet that one, two, or five knowledgeable people (none of them bankruptcy lawyers) told them they absolutely had…
Personal Property Bankruptcy is a way for you to actually keep most of your personal assets and say goodbye to the creditors and debt collectors. The truth is that debt collectors cannot touch MANY of your assets when you declare bankruptcy, most are protected. The magic of this protection…
Fannie Mae introduced new programs on April 25, 2017 allowing student loan borrowers to refinance their student loans into their home mortgage. Fannie Mae explained that this would open home ownership to more candidates and reduce interest rates from what is often 6-8% to a more manageable 4% under present…
Last week we were invited to speak to students at the University of Tampa regarding their student loans and what to expect. We presented a Powerpoint on Mastering Your Student Loans and held a small workshop for students afterwards. Fox News Channel 13 was there covering the event as well.…
Normally, when we apply for an income based plan with debt forgiveness, our clients do not have be current in their student loan payments. They cannot be in default, but up to 270 days delinquency is fine. We request a hardship forbearance to cover the missed payments. In many cases,…
With the property market continuing to improve in Florida, we are seeing more lenders delay and place obstacles in front of borrowers trying to modify their home mortgage in an effort to keep their homes. There are certain court rules and CFPB rules regarding modification that an attorney may be…