Posts In 2012

Dairies Making More Money, But Still Hurting Jul 24

The Tulare County Annual Crop and Livestock Report for 2011 was released today, as reported by The Business Journal. The report ...

If House Prices Rise, Your Chance to Get Rid of Second Mortgage May be Gone Jul 09

Apparently, housing prices are starting to creep back up again after about five years of significant downward pressure. And when I ...

The Coming Commercial Loan Default Wave. . . Will it Materialize? Jul 06

The New York Times is reporting that of the commercial loans that were made in 2007 with a balloon payment due in 2012, only 28% ...

McNeal–a Double-Edged Sword? May 14

Earlier this month, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a debtor can have a junior deed of trust avoided in a Chapter 7 ...

New Chapter 13 Plan, Part 1: General Form Changes May 08

This is a multi-part series on the New Chapter 13 Plan that went into effect on May 1, 2012 for the Eastern District of ...

9th Circuit Tweaks Exemption Rules Apr 24

In an interesting case out of California, the Ninth Circuit analyzed what is necessary to claim a homestead exemption. Exemptions ...