South Florida Law Blog

A heartfelt Happy New Year to you from Oppenheim Law, “In the Trenches” featuring Roy Oppenheim. A prognostication on the Florida 5 Year Statute of Limitations and why we are waiting on the Florida Supreme Court to sort out the real estate mess.  

Massachusetts’ Senator Elizabeth Warren gave a series of resounding speeches in opposition to a recent provision passed in the 2015 federal budget “Cromnibus” spending bill.  The contested provision weakened the Dodd-Frank law, thereby allowing big banks like CitiGroup to gamble on risky investments with taxpayers’ money.  Such a provision is not unique to the 2015 “Cromnibus” spending bill, in fact […]

As very few probably know, including myself until recently, the House of Representatives has passed an early holiday gift for taxpayers concerning real estate.  It is also expected that the Senate and President will follow suit in the near future. Ironically; however, it is too little, too late.

– Heartfelt thoughts along with a twist

Real Estate Rumor Mill –

With the ‘zombie foreclosures’  still lingering,  at this point let’s call it, The American Horror Story if you will;  but, it seems some Florida courts have finally begun to apply the rules of law, civil procedure and evidence in foreclosure cases. 

In a recent article by editor Paul Owers, the Sun Sentinel reported that “New foreclosure cases declined across South Florida” in September and the third quarter, according to a report Thursday from RealtyTrac Inc. Published exerpts by Roy Oppenheim in the article are republished here; but WAIT, there’s so much more!