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Back To School: Learn the ABC’s and D for Deflation? Foreclosure Defense Workshop Streams Live from Oppenheim Law News Channel

Thursday, August 26th, 2010
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The housing news reports existing home sales fell sharply in July, declining for a third straight month, as the effects of the expired homebuyer tax credit continued to add turbulence to the housing market. Consumers are now clearly entering into a new economic era where homes are no longer an appreciating asset. Oppenheim Law teaches Florida homeowners the latest legal strategies of foreclosure defense including strategic defaults, short sales, deeds in lieu and deficiency judgments.

Florida Real Estate Attorney and Legal Blogger Roy Oppenheim discusses the current deflationary economy and what new rules homeowners need to learn. Getting rid of devaluing assets (like a home) and conserving cash is a strategy Oppenheim discusses in his real estate workshops.

What: ABC’s and D for Deflation Foreclosure Defense Workshop

When: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 – 6:00 to 7:00 PM

Who: Learn the new way of thinking for a new economy! Homeowners facing foreclosure or underwater mortgages, real estate professionals, buyers and sellers

Where: The Oppenheim Law Online Stream

Or come in person

2500 Weston Road, Suite 404, Weston, FL 33331

Cost: Free with advanced registration

RSVP: To register email roy@oplaw.net or call 954.384.6114

Oppenheim Law will broadcast September’s Foreclosure Workshop online through the Oppenheim Law Strategic Default Channel. Participants are invited to ask questions and comment on the presentation through Oppenheim Law’s Twitter account @OPLaw. For more details see the Oppenheim Law Website.

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Posted in Deed in Lieu, Ellen Pilelsky, Florida Law News, Florida real estate, Florida short sales, Foreclosure Workshop, Roy Oppenheim | 4 Comments »

Sun-Sentinel: Foreclosures Jump 77 % in Palm Beach County, Oppenheim Says Expensive Mortgages Going into Default More Frequently

Monday, August 16th, 2010
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The Sun Sentinel’s real estate writer Paul Owers noted RealtyTrac Inc report last Thursday that foreclosure filings spiked last month in Palm Beach County as a backlog of pending cases abruptly moved through the court system.

The county had 3,759 homeowners in some stage of foreclosure in July, up 77 percent from June and 42 percent from a year ago. Palm Beach County had the 11th-highest foreclosure rate of Florida’s 67 counties.

Foreclosure defense attorney and legal blogger Roy Oppenheim told the Sun Sentinel he is noticing expensive mortgages going into default more frequently.

“This is like the second shoe dropping,” he said. “A lot of people with higher incomes have been seriously, seriously hurt.”

Want to learn more about mediation and foreclosure? Join Oppenheim Law for our free monthly foreclosure defense workshop the first Wednesday of each month and check out the entire Sun-Sentinel foreclosure story in the Oppenheim Law Newsroom. Find Oppenheim Law on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute real estate news.

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Posted in Florida foreclosures, Florida Law News, Florida real estate, Foreclosure Defense, Sun Sentinel | 1 Comment »

Sun-Sentinel Business Blogs to Like, Follow and Comment

Monday, July 19th, 2010
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As housing sales hit an all time low, The South Florida Law Blog and Oppenheim Law bring our readers a fresh perspective on the Florida real estate landscape and legal trends. We also serve as an expert source to local and national media outlets.

Investing, renting, buying or selling real estate in today’s market is a tricky course to follow, we know, we’re on the frontlines and in the trenches defending homeowners.

So we wanted to take note of the other excellent resources and personalities to follow in the news. House Keys, written by Sun-Sentinel real estate reporter Paul Owers, and It’s Your Money, written by Sun-Sentinel personal finance reporter Harriet Johnson Brackey.

Connected to Oppenheim Law on Twitter, @OPLaw? You can follow Paul Owers, @paulowers, and Harriet Johnson Brackey, @HarrietBrackey, as well for the latest in business news and views on personal finance, real estate and foreclosure defense.

Have a favorite source for legal advice, real estate tips or personal finance? Share it in the comments section!

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Posted in Sun Sentinel | 1 Comment »

Play It Again! Oppenheim Law Strategic Default Workshop

Thursday, July 8th, 2010
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Miss out on Wednesday’s Oppenheim Law’s Strategic Default Workshop? The next best thing to being there is the replay.

Hundreds of homeowners participated as Roy Oppenheim shared the latest on foreclosure defense, strategic defaults and South Florida real estate trends.

Oppenheim Law is making July’s Strategic Default Workshop available until Thursday, July 15.

Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

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Workshop for the Upside Down and Underwater – LIVE ONLINE July 7 at 6 PM

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Underwater on your mortgage? It seems like regardless of financial or social status, someone is upside down, underwater or ready to walk.

July 7th is your chance to get answers to your real estate questions as Roy Oppenheim hosts his free monthly Foreclosure Workshop LIVE ONLINE and in Weston, FL.

Join Oppenheim, recently profiled in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, tomorrow night as he explains why homeowners on the verge of Shay’s Rebellion 2.0 hold the power and means to fashion their own financial bailout.

What: Strategic Defaults + Foreclosure Explained: Free Workshop

When: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 – 6:00 to 7:00 PM

Who: Homeowners facing foreclosure or underwater mortgages, real estate professionals, buyers and sellers

Where: Oppenheim Law Online Stream

Or come in person: 2500 Weston Road, Suite 404, Weston, FL 33331

Cost: Free with advanced registration

RSVP: To register email roy@oplaw.net or call 954.384.6114

Unable to make it to Weston or want to watch from home? Simply visit www.oppenheimlaw.payperlive.com at 6 PM tomorrow night to participate in the commercial-free high quality broadcast. Ask questions and get answers just like you were in the live audience.

Check out the video below for a preview of the Foreclosure Workshop and Oppenheim Law looks forward to seeing you tomorrow night!

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Posted in Florida foreclosures, Florida real estate, Foreclosure Defense, Foreclosure Workshop, Roy Oppenheim, social media, strategic default | No Comments »

Foreclosure Decreases and Mediations Story in Miami Herald, Roy Oppenheim Interviewed

Thursday, July 1st, 2010
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The Miami Herald is reporting the flood of South Florida foreclosures is receding in the first five months of 2010 as foreclosure filings have fallen sharply and efforts to ease the courts’ backlogs are kicking in. But Oppenheim Law isn’t so sure the decreases are going to last and believes the next big wave of filings will come soon.

Foreclosure defense attorney and legal blogger Roy Oppenheim shared his thoughts on the Florida Supreme Court’s mandated mediation process with Miami Herald writer Harris Meyer in an article published on Sunday about Florida foreclosures.

“I enjoy mediations and find them very effective,” Oppenheim said. “But I won’t mediate unless the bank has done its homework.”

Oppenheim went on to explain mediation can be successful for homeowners and the banks only if the mediator is skilled, the lender has read the documentation and also knows the value of the property and the holding costs.

Oppenheim’s comments follow the news that foreclosure filings in Broward have fallen from 51,670 in 2009 to 17,565 in the first five months of 2010. However, as Oppenheim Law explained on the South Florida Law Blog in May, this decrease in Florida foreclosure filings can probably be attributed to the new rules promulgated by the Florida Supreme Court requiring every residential mortgage foreclosure complaint must be verified and prove that the plaintiff is the actual owner and holder of the promissory note.

Oppenheim Law wrote, “Until now, banks have been abusing a Florida statute allowing them to file a foreclosure based on a “lost note.” The problem: the notes aren’t lost; the banks are just too lazy to look for them. This new rule is halting foreclosure filings in their tracks, as banks scramble to find the notes so they can foreclose.”
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Posted in Florida Law News, Florida real estate, Florida Supreme Court, Foreclosure Defense, Miami Herald, Roy Oppenheim, The Miami Herald | 3 Comments »

Today’s Sun-Sentinel Florida Foreclosure Report , Roy Oppenheim Contributes to Story

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
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A Foreclosure Tsunami is overwhelming South Florida courts, writes Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reporter Harriet Johnson Brackey.

Florida real estate attorney and legal blogger Roy Oppenheim contributed to the report, which explains how a tenfold increase in foreclosure cases over the past five years is crippling the South Florida court system.

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According to Oppenheim Law, South Florida courts have turned to mediation, a process prior to foreclosure proceedings that gives homeowners and banks an opportunity to avoid a battle in court if an agreement on the future of the property and debt can be reached. The problem, though, is most homeowners are not aware they now have a right to mediation.

“Mediation makes all the difference in the world,” Oppenheim says. “There are so many opportunities to resolve matters in mediation, a lot of creative ways.”

Check out the entire Foreclosure Tsunami article in Oppenheim Law’s Newsroom to find out the state’s plan to eliminate half of the foreclosure backlog by the end of the year.

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Posted in Florida foreclosures, Florida Law News, Florida real estate, Florida Supreme Court, Foreclosure Defense, Roy Oppenheim, Sun Sentinel | 1 Comment »

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