Posts with tag florida real estate

Amid all the foreclosure horror stories, every now and then we hear about a good outcome, whether it's by winning a lawsuit through a homestead loophole, because the lender didn't properly serve the owners, or because it doesn't really own the mortgage. Or in the case of one underwater Florida homeowner once facing... Continue Reading »

Rapper Lil Wayne wants to, or maybe just needs to, unload his Miami mansion on La Gorce Island, Fla., that he purchased early last year for $14 million. He is asking $12.9 million for a possible quick sale given he has an Internal Revenue Service tax lien hanging over his head. The IRS says the rapper, whose real name is... Continue Reading »

The Naples, Fla., police department doesn't fool around when it comes to ridding a foreclosed home of illegal squatters. A SWAT team, called to a foreclosed home last month due to a so-called disturbance, gassed the place in an effort to force out a possible squatter who allegedly was hiding in the attic. In the end, three... Continue Reading »

Elizabeth Taylor did everything with style, including lounging by the pool. Pictured here at 17 in 1949 with her then-fiancé William D. Pawley Jr., 28, at his father's home in Miami Beach, Taylor left an impression with her frequent visits to the house (though she never married Pawley). Now the Miami Beach house is... Continue Reading »

Two former foreclosure mills that served Freddie Mac, Chase Home Loans, U.S. Bancorp and other lenders are retaliating against the outfits that hired them to push hundreds of thousands of Florida foreclosure cases through the court system at robotic speed. Attorney David Stern, pictured, who has been dubbed the... Continue Reading »