Fri Jan 15, 2016 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
[VIDEO: Secret Real Estate Buyers May Become Scarce in Miami-Dade County] The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a division of the U.S. Treasury Department, announced a temporary crackdown on secret real estate buyers in Miami-Dade and New York City. The Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) will temporarily require certain U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind the […]
Sun Jan 3, 2016 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
[VIDEO] Usher in 2016 with Roy Oppenheim chiming in on “The Big Short” an accurate and poignant dark comedy addressing a dark page in U.S. economic history. The Big Short movie brings to life the economic catastrophe between 2007-8 as we look back with appropriate irony and cynicism of the darkest days in US economic history in the past 100 years. […]
Sun Dec 27, 2015 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Congress will quietly give homeowners their ceremonial Yule log this week that could save them on a massive tax bill. Roy explains more in the following video. The Ultimate Gift Congress Gives Homeowners.
Mon Dec 21, 2015 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
The following article was originally published in the Sun Sentinel with excerpts by Roy Oppenheim. Naughty or Nice: Three Things Homeowners didn’t ask Santa for this Year but might be getting anyway! Rising interest rates Strong US Dollar Devaluation of foreign currencies While foreclosures have waned, South Florida real estate lawyer Roy Oppenheim predicts the housing recovery will slow in […]
Thu Dec 10, 2015 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
If you thought that banks and the federal government were going to give up, think again. Let’s say you are a distressed homeowner. Let’s say you have a hefty mortgage. Let’s also say that you are working with your bank on a loan modification. The chances are that one fine day you might receive a letter from a new owner […]
Sat Nov 21, 2015 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Edition: FINAL Section: BUSINESS Page: 11BM Estimated printed pages: 4 Article Text: CAN two ambitious young lawyers from leading Miami law firms find small-firm happiness — and big-firm profits — in a two-lawyer practice in suburban Broward County? For Roy Oppenheim, 32, and Ellen Pilelsky Oppenheim, 30, the answer appears to be yes. Founded by the husbandCOUPLE FINDS HAPPINESS OFF […]
Sat Nov 21, 2015 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Every year just before Thanksgiving, as many as you know, I like to share some personal thoughts about the Thanksgiving holiday. It is, after all, a holiday I am most fond of for many reasons; but the reason that stands out year after year is that regardless of your ethnic background, your race, your economic position in life or […]
Tue Nov 10, 2015 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
I always tell my clients not to be oversold on a particular legal argument, in other words not to drink their own “Kool-Aid.” The Bartram oral arguments have shown me very clearly that the banks are drinking their own “Kool-Aid.” They are trying to convince the Florida Supreme Court that there should be an unlimited amount of time (statute of […]
