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Ottawa County launches new program for property owners
By Jeffrey Cunningham | Muskegon Chronicle GRAND HAVEN — The Ottawa County Register of Deeds office is encouraging everyone in the county who owns land to sign up for a simple program that might save property owners thousands of dollars and years of aggravation. The program, Property Fraud Alert, allows those registered to be notified every time a property with their name on it is registered with... [Read more]
Equine Star Foundation horse rescue farm struggles with foreclosure
Shawn D. Lewis / The Detroit News White Lake Township — Homeless is not how Joan Tucker envisioned spending the new year with her 24 rescue horses. Her 70-acre farm, tucked inside a grove of trees off of a main road, is in foreclosure. Wells Fargo Bank plans to begin eviction proceedings after Jan. 3, but it will take at least another 45 days before she will have to vacate the premises. Tucker... [Read more]
Detroit’s Unemployment Rate Is Nearly 50%
From The Huffington Post: Officially, Detroit’s unemployment rate is just under 30 percent. But the city’s mayor and local leaders are suggesting a far more disturbing figure — the actual jobless rate, they say, is closer to 50 percent. As many have noted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which culls federal unemployment data, does not account for all of the jobless in its widely-quoted... [Read more]
Detroit man guilty in scheme to sell church building
By BEN SCHMITT, Detroit Free Press A Detroit man who tried to sell a church building that he never owned has been convicted on 11 criminal counts, including forgery, embezzlement and money laundering. Tracy Carmichael, 46, of Detroit was convicted late Monday after a 4-day jury trial in Wayne County Circuit Court. He will be sentenced Jan. 5. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Carmichael used... [Read more]
Suburban Police Arrest Loan Mod Con Man
From WDIV-TV ROSEVILLE, Mich. — A 48-year-old Grosse Pointe Woods man who had warrants for his arrest in four metro Detroit communities in connection with a mortgage fraud investigation was charged Friday in a Roseville courtroom. The Roseville Police arrested Bryan Cervier early Thursday morning. Judge Matt Rumora charged Cervier in 39th District Court Friday with one count of false pretenses. Cervier... [Read more]
Cox Files Charges in Massive (LOL) Detroit-Area Real Estate Ponzi Scheme
You know it’s getting to be an election year when politicians seeking higher office flood the internet and the media with press releases about themselves. Michigan’s adulterous AG is no different. He issued the below sensational press release about a Grosse Ile his office recently arrested for running a ponzi scheme. The headline made it sound like it was some Bernie Madoff... [Read more]
Cox Takes Aim at Advanced Fee “Foreclosure Rescue” Scams
Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox, who is at the center of a controversy involving a dead stripper and former disgraced Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, became the next wanna-be gubernatorial candidate to jump on the band wagon of going after mod companies for the free publicity. His office sent out the below press release: LANSING - Attorney General Mike Cox announced the filing of three criminal... [Read more]
Fight against foreclosures gaining momentum
By Diane Bukowski Michigan Citizen DETROIT — Over 40 Wayne County homeowners have filed a $10 million class action lawsuit that could invalidate tens of thousands of mortgage foreclosure sales executed while Warren Evans was Sheriff. The lawsuit is a significant step in a long battle led by Yvonne Cross, the owner of several family properties in Detroit. It was filed by Bloomfield Hills attorney... [Read more]
Michigan’s housing chief defaults on loans
Builder sued over failed projects Paul Egan / The Detroit News A homebuilder who chairs the state housing authority has been the target of lawsuits seeking more than $100 million in judgments in Michigan and around the country over failed projects. Bernard Glieberman, chief executive officer of Crosswinds Communities Inc. and chairman of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, is promising... [Read more]
More renters claiming landlords are unlawfully discriminating against families
By Cami Reister, The Grand Rapids Press November 07, 2009, 7:06AM Grand Rapids Press – When a landlord told a young Grand Rapids mother interested in renting a duplex that she would have to pay twice the regular security deposit because she had three children, the woman was shocked. “I know I have kids, but I don’t have animals for children,” said the 24-year-old, whose children are 5,... [Read more]
