JASON SACKOOR, ESQ.

The best defense is a good offense.

Most people who are facing foreclosure will try to hide from it.  If nothing is going on in court, they won’t be doing anything.  Like a lot of things, people wait until the last minute to try to fix their problems only to find out th...

I’ve had two similar cases come across my desk recently.  They’re similar because both of these people pulled their heads out of the sand after it was too late, but they had different outcomes.

Borrower #1 hired an attorney to try to help him work out a modification on...

I previously wrote about the timeline for homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage.  If you’d like to take a look at that, click here. 

This post is about people who own co-ops.  If you’ve fallen behind on your co-op loan, that earlier post is irrelevant to y...

Your son and his wife are first time home

buyers.  They have pretty good jobs and decent credit.  He and his wife have their eyes on a home in the same neighborhood as you, but it’s at the absolute top end of their budget.  You have dreams of walking to see your future...