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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:13 PM Original message |
House Is Gone but Debt Lives On - banks now going after homeowners who walk away |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. you been pWned by the banksters |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. And yet even some here on DU ask why the protesters are |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Somebody should start a march on the Department of Economics at |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
55. Now there's one institution of "higher" learning I'd love to see shut down. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
93. They should pay a visit.,, |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. "the economy has been rigged" |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. And then when we dial "911" to get paramedics |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
60. struggling? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. Way back in 1980, |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. file chapter 7..they won`t get a cent. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That's not necessarily true |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. II suspect the bank would go after him if his assets were a goodwill blanket and some used shoes. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You really think banks are that stupid? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I really believe that banks are that GREEDY and would never let an opportunity to enhance revenue by |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. How does it enhance revenue by suing people who have nothing? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Ask them |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Now we're back to post #12 |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. how does it enhance trust of Banksters when they foreclose on homes paid in full? |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Sounds like a whole different subject |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Since the debt can stand for up to twenty years... |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
85. The remedy for the person in default would be to file chapter 7 |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
52. I have a collection agency who has sued my grandma |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
66. "Credit unions and smaller banks are the most aggressive pursuers of deficiency judgments." |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
58. And you'd be correct. These things are done |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
63. First off, it costs peanuts for a bank who probably has a an attorney parked in the court, to file |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
67. How many assets can he have seeing he is STILL out of work and considering BK? |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 05:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
87. If you can file a 7 then they can get no money. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That only works if you actually are broke. In these cases it's people who are protecting their... |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Exactly. Even so the deal has been somewhat understood that the house |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. good question. Not sure. I heard they have to give the car buyer the difference |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. They do go after them for any amount still owed after sale of vehicle. n/t |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
59. Correct. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
77. And they sell them as cheaply as possible to do it, imho. n/t |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #77 |
94. Yep. At auction without a floor level bid |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Since the collateral was traditionally worth more than the debt in the past, such a situation... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Yes, they will go for the remaining balance on a car loan |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Somewhat is the key word here |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. it sounds like that's what they're doing, the car co. not far behind now |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
80. Yes. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
92. yes they do. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Somehow I find it hard to feel sorry for this guy |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. excellent point -- Canada has full recourse on your primary mortgage |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. And that's just the way they want it. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. and it obviously works. n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I AGREE |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. This is not a "practice", it is a standard mortgage contract. |
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exelwood (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. I think the point is the bank plans to get the judgement... |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. There's plenty of people who need help and deserve it |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. the bank loaned him the money based on the appraised value at the time |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Only banks take the risk for real estate investments? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. Or maybe he didn't have the filing fee. n/t |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
64. I'm with ya. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
65. Who don't you fell sorry for? You mean the guy in the OP who lost his job and is till unemployed? |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Nothing says he's still unemployed |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. ? |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Missed that |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Yeah, I bet he's livin' large on those unemployment benefits LOL. Maybe we should drug test him too. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Sorry, I mistook you for someone who could discuss a topic with civility and reason |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Hey, you're the one basing your "opinion" on a wrong set of facts. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. What wrong set of facts? |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #82 |
89. "I'm not basing any opinion on anything." LOL. I guess we agree on that. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. You really think misrepresenting what someone said improves your credibility? |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. LOL. So you google a generic name like Joseph Reilly and find a match and declare it the person ... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think there are only a couple of states where it doesn't work like this |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. In Michigan, I believe, it depends on how the foreclosure is carried out. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Can someone explain the outrage here? I am not understanding it. |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. On DU (and similar boards) bankers are always guilty - even moreso than Yemen terrorists |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. In many states ("non-recourse states") it doesn't work like that, |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
88. Unbelievable |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
72. I have heard that in Florida, if you handle the bankrupcy legal filings |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. Find an #Occupy in your area or send food and supplies to one. Stop the banks! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm seeing it more and more here in Florida. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. more of what? Foreclosures or the bank going after 'walk aways"? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Banks going after borrowers post-foreclosure. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
86. I thought Florida (like California) was a 'non-recourse' state, meaning |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. The article says they have 5 years to try to collect, so time is wasting for the big batch of 2008 |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. The bank should just sell the house for whatever they are owed. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Rethink your attitude |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. A good bit of information there |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. I was wondering the same thing! |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
79. "In the majority of the states, fraud or cashing out on the home are the only circumstances on ... |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
83. The unsettled legal question is the saleability of deficiencies |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. I have a different take on it |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
84. No, the bank should work the loan out. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. Honestly, what else are people to do |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
46. Thank you banks for fueling the fires against you! |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
51. This seems like it's bound to turn into fraud. What's to stop a bank from |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
54. The fact is that when you borrow money, sometimes they come after you for payment |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
56. Some days I am really glad we are renters - |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
57. Not unsurprising........... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
61. Of course people owe what they legally obligated themselves to pay |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Yep they sure do, unless they happen to be "persons" |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
62. Thank you for this. |
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ms.smiler (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
81. I have a suggestion for your friend. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
70. "Like everything else, we'll see"... |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
91. Yes, because God forbid the banksters should lose a dime! |
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