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Roy Oppenheim’s commentary was originally published on Yahoo! Homes and is being redistributed on South Florida Law Blog with their permission. A long time ago I left Wall Street for Main Street. It is a decision that I have never regretted. Both of the law firms I worked for, before my wife and I founded our own law firm, banked […]

It didn’t take long for old rumors to resurface about President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. When “Obamacare” was first passed the blogosphere was up-in-arms that the AHA included an additional 3.8% tax on any real estate sale, and claimed, “that’s $3,800 on a $100,000 home.” There were email chains passed along that said that anyone who sold a home would […]

Estecomentario fue publicado en Yahoo! Originalmente, y esta siendo re distribuidopor el Blog Legal del Sur de la Florida conprevia autorización. Ah? Que significa el seguro medico de Obama oObamacare como es referido y que tiene que ver con la Crisis de Foreclosure? Simplemente pon, el debate legal acerca del Obamacaresobre un mandado especifico, una ley que requiere que los […]

This commentary was originally published on Yahoo! Homes and is being redistributed on South Florida Law Blog with their permission. Huh? What do “Obamacare” and the foreclosure crisis have to do with each other? Simply put, the legal debate over Obamacare largely centered on the individual mandate, a law that would require people to buy health insurance whether they wanted […]

I’m not one for fairy tales, for shining white knights, and magical rescues. I’m not cynical, but I am a realist. When it comes to fixing the housing market, and righting the wrongs of the fraud-closure crisis, there is no magic wand. If you’re waiting for the government ‘cavalry’ to ride in and make everything alright, I’m sad to say […]

To Tell the Truth was one of my favorite TV game shows when I was a kid. If you are not familiar with it, during each episode a panel of celebrities would try to correctly identify a contestant with a special talent. The contestant was mixed in with two impostors who pretended to be the contestant. Now the contestant was […]

Seeing as how Oppenheim Law is based in South Florida, we obviously have many spanish-speaking clients, and more than a few spanish-speaking employees. In fact it was one of those employees, Natalia, who brought it to my attention that we are doing them a disservice by not directly speaking to them here. We already offer translation services for our clients, […]

Después de la pequeña carta que le escribí al Presidente, yo me pregunto que tipo de respuesta yo recibiría, mas importante aun me pregunto si esta carta fue leída por la audiencia deseada…. O por cualquier audiencia. Bueno las respuestas al blog por parte de mis clientes y seguidores fueron instantáneas. Claramente no estoy solo en esta idea. Talvez no […]