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David Saks is a musician, retired real estate broker, and long-time ActiveRain member. David's blog features important information relevant to the safety, integrity and security of the industry. In addition to his widely read real estate fraud blog, a comprehensive overview of real estate continuing education is a weekly addition for his subscribers and the ActiveRain community at-large. Thank you for subscribing to and for visiting David's ActiveRain home on the internet. Please join. Membership in ActiveRain will enrich your life !

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2013 

                                                         #2101 If a balcony in an apartment structure hangs over a boundary line which was created to delineate the boundary line of the property this would be called an appurtenant easement. Is this true of false ? Take your time the solution is po...
03/24/2013
It's well known that in a sellers' market competition for a listing steams the buyer's enthusiasm and the bidding is aggressive. Motivated buyers rely on good advice from their agents and want to believe that their position is optimal, and that the market is ripe for a bargain.   New listings att...
03/24/2013
Hogsett Announces Indictment of Indianapolis-Area Businessman for Wire Fraud U.S. Attorney Says Alleged Fraud Scheme Targeted Local Church, Business U.S. Attorney’s Office March 22, 2013 Southern District of Indiana (317) 226-6333   INDIANAPOLIS—Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, ann...
03/22/2013
Purported Real Estate Investor and Alleged Straw Buyer Charged in New Jersey with $13 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office March 22, 2013 District of New Jersey (973) 645-2888   CAMDEN, NJ—Two alleged conspirators in a $13 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and...
03/22/2013
  Randallstown Man Convicted of Bankruptcy Fraud and Filing False Tax Returns Failed to Report Income and Assets Totaling More Than $740,000 and Attempted to Fraudulently Discharge Debts of More Than $1.1 Million through Bankruptcy U.S. Attorney’s Office March 20, 2013 District of Maryland (410) ...
03/21/2013
Federal Jury Convicts Vallejo Woman of Bankruptcy and Mortgage Fraud Scheme Defendant Used Illegal Property Transfer and Fraudulent Mortgage Application to Drain More Than $147,000 in Equity from Residence in Bankruptcy Proceeding U.S. Attorney’s Office March 20, 2013 Northern District of Califo...
03/21/2013
Former Jackson Attorney Clay McCormack Indicted for Bank Fraud, Making False Statements U.S. Attorney’s Office March 18, 2013 Western District of Tennessee (901) 544-4231   JACKSON, TN—Clay McCormack, 49, of Jackson, Tennessee, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for his role in a scheme ...
03/21/2013
  Former Northwest Arkansas Real Estate Developer, Two Attorneys, and Two Other Men Indicted on Bank Fraud, Bankruptcy Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering Charges U.S. Attorney’s Office March 20, 2013 Western District of Arkansas (501) 340-2600   FAYETTEVILLE, AR—Conner Eldridge, United State...
03/21/2013
Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office March 20, 2013 District of South Carolina (803) 929-3000   COLUMBIA, SC—United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Larry Duwayne Woods, age 69, pled guilty today in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, to wire fraud, a viola...
03/20/2013
Tallahassee Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Conversion U.S. Attorney’s Office March 20, 2013 Northern District of Florida (850) 942-8430   PANAMA CITY, FL—Charles R. Hood, 59, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison today for conversion of property listed as collater...
03/20/2013
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