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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:45 AM Original message |
How Herald-Tribune identified $10 billion in suspicious flips (in Florida) |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. This type of fraud should be prosecuted. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. My guess is that these half price homes will fall by another 40% |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. It won't be prosecuted. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. the inflated valuations are the key -- |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. yeah, they're far too busy harassing pot smokers to worry about fraud |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. Legal or illegal, I'm starting to think that housing bubbles |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Bingo, bingo, and BINGO |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Unless you've got something to trade, you've got nothing. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. I worked for an attorney in NJ who handled these tranactions six years ago. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Everyone involved knew what was going on, but .... |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm Stunned |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. The sad fact is |
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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. I worked for same-day flippers for not quite a year in 99-00. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I'm not surprised that a deed with no legality and power to transfer was used (i.e., |
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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Our attorney handled both closings, and did all of the title insurance. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. That's classic. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. was this an attorney-run title closing office? like, that did title insurance? |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. Charge little guys with fraud while the banksters get tax-payer paid bonuses. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
11. And you have to wonder, how much of it was quid pro quo |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. Certainly bad enough but a mere shadow of what the banks & politicians are guillty of. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. Is it only a coincidence that the states with the tightest controls |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I don't know how tight our controls are, but I know our housing prices |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. Fraud? What fraud? That's just good Capitalism in practice |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. Good thing that unscrupulous guy Madoff |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. K&R |
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