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Credit card companies generally don’t forget about the unpaid obligations of their cardholders. Eventually, they will file a civil lawsuit to obtain a judgment for an unpaid debt or obligation. Once a defendant is served, he or she only has 20 to 30 days to prepare and file a response…

Anyone with credit card debt should never ignore a creditor’s attempts to collect an unpaid debt. The likely result is that in the near future, the creditor will attempt to collect the debt by filing a lawsuit. The creditor will then serve the obligor for the debt (and now the…

Based on a simple reading of Fla. Stat. § 95.11, one might think that a foreclosure action must be brought within five years of default. However, after the holding of the Supreme Court of Florida in Bartram v. U.S. Bank, N.A., SC14-1265 (Fla. Nov. 3, 2016), this apparently is not…

Taxpayers have options if they need to remove a federal tax lien. When in the best interest of both the government and the taxpayer, there are alternatives for addressing a federal tax lien. The attorneys at Loan Lawyers may help any taxpayer negotiate a settlement with the IRS of any…

When the IRS files a federal tax lien, it is asserting a legal claim against a taxpayer’s assets to collect an unpaid tax debt. The IRS sends Letter 3172, Notice of Federal Tax Lien and Right to a Hearing to the taxpayer to give public notice to all creditors that…

ATTOM Data Solutions manages one of the largest property databases in the country. In January of 2017, it released its Year-End 2016 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report indicating the number of foreclosure filings in the United States. The information in ATTOM’s annual report is based on publicly recorded and published foreclosure…

In January of 2017, ATTOM Data Solutions, which manages one of the largest property databases in the country, released its Year-End 2016 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report tracking the number of foreclosure filings in the United States. The information in ATTOM’s annual report is based on publicly recorded and published foreclosure…

For homeowners that fall behind on mortgage payments and are nearing default of their mortgage loan, the possibility of foreclosure by the mortgagee-lender looms mightily. In Florida, foreclosure is accomplished by the initiation of a judicial proceeding to recover the collateral secured by the mortgage. Typically, the end result of…

Discharging income taxes in bankruptcy will not remove a tax lien which existed prior to the filing of a bankruptcy case. Such a lien is still valid and may not be discharged unless the lien is paid in full or some other resolution is negotiated with the IRS. To determine…