Illinois Regulators Take Aim At Car Title Lenders

As you might remember, efforts in the General Assembly to crack down on predatory "payday" ... loans is the combination of exorbitant interest rates and meager regulation. Indeed, title loan ... these proposed rule changes: - Restrict loans to $4,000 or less. - Limit the number of times a loan [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 16:57:45

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Citron Releases the Document that The Apollo Group (NASDAQ:APOL) Does Not Want You or the US Government to See.

stock ticker: APOL Last week, The Apollo Group reported what appeared to be strong quarterly operating profits in their for-profit ... .   Here’s why: Before discussing, it is important to note that Title IV loans are the backbone ... from these loans, and is the largest single recipient of student loan funds in the country [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 15:05:38

Loan Officer Job - Cleveland/Akron, OH - Posted 1/14/09

Company: freedom financial mortgage corporation Job Title: Loan Officer Job Category: Finance/Banking Job Description: Earn 100% commission. We will set you as a virtual office in our organization. Will offer support and one on one help. Must be a seasoned loan officer that can fully self sufficient. We offer FHA,VA. Conventional [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:34:49

How Online Car Title Loans Work

There are many different kinds of collateral personal loans; even your mortgage is technically considered a collateral loan because the home you buy with the mortgage loan can be taken back if you fail to pay the bank [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 08:10:48

Should ‘New’ Virtual Assistants Charge Less?

First, I’ve gotten brave and attempted a second podcast with this post. You’ll find the link below ... over 7 years of experience with me to my new business in 2007.  That experience included mortgage loan processing, accounts administrator, sales assistant, title processor and real estate paralegal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:59:50

1st day, how's your finances? Resort to Payday Loans?

I know my title sounds a bit serious and heavy for a January 1 post but after all our merry-making the past weeks, we have to face serious issues, ... about a Payday Loan No Fax Required. While I am no expert on finances, I think Payday Loans are an option [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 20:26:30

Need Quick Cash?

Before you take out a payday loan or car title loan, you may want to read the fine print. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 01:00:36

2008 Lookback: Best Calls of the Year

In a year when major stock indexes, real estate, hedge funds, oil, grains, emerging markets, dollar/yen, long/short hedging strategies (thanks to the short-selling ban), high-yield bonds, bank loans, diversification, and the Super Bowl ... who can lay claim to the title of Dr. Doom — those who were bearish in time to save their clients a lot [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 11:33:00

The Auto Bailout: Admissions Required

This column originally appeared at Pajamas Media Thursday under the title, “The Right Way to Bail Out the Auto Industry ... of loans. What a principled bailout requires is a signed list of admissions, written into the bailout [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 13:47:19

TRD: "Lowballing Turns Predatory"

A: The Real Deal has an article out titled, "Lowballing Turns Predatory", that I would like to address ... to get a loan. As a result, bids came in fast and hard. Buyers MADE the market. Now, the macro fundamentals ... an unsustainable boom. A home is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it at a given time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 22:31:02

More on Maize, Migration, etc

OK, I’ll continue by addressing the concerns raised by Rajagopal and Steve (thanks both of you) ... , it is possible (if an incredible hassle) for campesinos (peasants) to get title to their land and to sell it.  This is really important in a country where until recently loans, if they were to be had at all, came [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:11:07

So Now We Are Trying to Emulate Japan's Lost Decade?

US economists have relentlessly harangued the Japanese for their supposed mismanagement of their post bubble era, ... loans were made). Yes, the Treasury has made some capital injections into banks, but without cleaning ... with the title of the New York Times story "Japan Offers a Possible Road Map for U.S. Economy." Pretty [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 07:48:00

Allied Irish: Buyer Beware or Easy Money?

Allied Irish Banks PLC (AIB) is Ireland’s largest bank, and in the last two years the company’s shares have been on a relentless march downwards ... earned it the title of the Celtic Tiger for its continued and rapid growth. However, as signs ... uncovered the dirty little secret of sub-prime loans that were rolled into massively complex debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:17:28

There is a good bank in there somewhere, get a shovel and look

Ronald Reagan is reputed to have excitedly said after confronting a pile of horse manure, “there’s a pony in there somewhere”! ... Act of 2008. Yeah, I know it is too late for that title now, but not too late for some of its ideas ... . I found mine on the sidewalk. The banks are full of loans that they do not know how to evaluate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:10:31

Dubai 2009

In a further sign that the property bubble in Dubai has popped, Nakheel, the state-controlled developer, ... . It believes that many small-scale developers that took out loans will go bust as property prices spiral ... . Much has been said about the amazing transformation Dubai has done to compete for the title [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:40:29

Allied Irish: Buyer Beware or Easy Money?

Allied Irish Banks PLC (AIB) is Ireland’s largest bank, and in the last two years the company’s shares have been on a relentless march downwards ... it the title of the Celtic Tiger for its continued and rapid growth. However, as signs of trouble ... the dirty little secret of sub-prime loans that were rolled into massively complex debt instruments [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:05:29

You’ll Receive The Title In About 10 Days

I’ve spent so much time and energy sending off money to our debts over the past year and a half, I kind of lost sight of the fact that sometimes, ... my spouse’s student loan last month, which was for his education, but the education is long completed ... months to my spouse’s student loan, but somehow physically writing this on the check made [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 11:14:15

Jonathan Janson

Occasionally artists will become particularly fascinated with the work of one of their predecessors, ... title, Rembrandt: life paintings etchings drawings and self portraits). In addition, Janson ... , and has recently started a blog called Flying Fox, focused on Vermeer, exhibitions and loans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 16:08:18

Settlement Officer Sentenced For Diverting Funds Intended To Pay Off Mortgage Lenders

Marny Arlen Bailey, 35, Highland, Maryland was sentenced to 21 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for wire fraud in ... the homeowners’ previous loans, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. Judge Motz also ordered that Bailey pay restitution of $877,000, to the title company [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 10:22:51

MY SWAN’S SONG: Testimony Before the United States Senate on the State of Foreclosures & Loan Modifications

Just under one month ago, on July 26, 2009, Diane Thompson testified in front of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs.  Her written testimony, which included 79 footnotes and 28 pages of exhibits, ran 55 pages in length and was titled: “Preserving Homeownership: Progress Needed to Prevent Foreclosures”. Ms. [more...]

Date: 2009-08-25 13:25:56

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