[Note: These are my opinions alone and are not meant to supersede or replace any company’s existing policy, which may differ for various reasons. Nor
Introduction. Recently there have been some anecdotal reports that real estate licensees, presumably with the knowledge and consent of sellers and buyers, have engaged in
“Language and speech are the means by which people communicate with one another. However, with the Big Banks, their silence conveys the loudest message.” [Anonymous
“It’s one thing to be stubborn when relying on well-reasoned principle; it’s quite another to be stubborn relying on no principle.” Anonymous [Sort of.]
Compliments of several dedicated consumer attorneys, including Kelly Harpster, consumer attorney par excellence, and Sybil Hebb,lead attorney for the Oregon Law Center, a non-profit law firm
[Door Slamming] Her: “Honey, is that you? It’s awfully early for you to come home. Are you ill?” Him: “Yeh, I know it’s early. I’m
On July 11, 2012, Oregon’s mandatory mediation law will go into effect. For a summary of the law and time lines, go to my posts
Introduction. On February 9, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing the “landmark” $25 billion dollar settlement with five of the
On March 5, 2012, the Oregon Legislature passed a sweeping series of changes to its trust deed foreclosure law, SB 1552. Once signed by the
In a hastily convened telephone conference, B.L. Zebub, Belial Bank’s devilish, but distraught, leader, queries the attendees on the remarkable [some might say “miraculous”] turning
