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Audit Preparation – What Prompts the IRS to Audit?

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

To see the next video in the series, please click here: http://www.monkeysee.com/play/17209–when-and-how-to-prepare-for-an-audit

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Real Estate Conditions 5 – Mortgage & First Time Home Buyer Dec08 Attorney & Loan Modification

Monday, May 17th, 2010

First Time Home Buyers use FHA Mortgage and Seller Paid Closing Costs to Buy Real Estate Now. Best Market Conditions for Foreclosures and Short Sales in Decades. Go To http://RealEstateMarketingThisWeek.com

Part 5 (Excerpt)

Loan Modifications are all the craze beware and only work with an Attorney

I have been a part of these broadcasts where we have talked about the loan modification concepts exclusively and to your credit Michael and your team at Velocity I saw you guys as being first to the punch if you will, first to start introducing this concept not only to the listening audience but to your clientele whenever it might be appropriate for the people who need to look at that option. Now I am seeing on street signs that are handmade and posted on street signs all over the city, call me for loan modification. I am hearing commercials and radio broadcasts that are discussing this loan modification concept; I have seen infomercials regarding this now so its becoming a bigger and bigger scope, its a big buzz right now and maybe you could tell me, and I already know the answer to this how long have you been doing this? And then what are the criteria for someone to consider this process?

Its funny that the loan modification concept is new and its the new buzz word and everybody is talking about it and everybody is doing it and it has been around forever. People have been able to do this for many, many years. The banks dont want your house back; they really, really dont. They may act like it and when you talk to them it may sound like they do but they dont. Velocity Financial is working with a national network of attorneys that have been doing this for 16 years, they have done thousands of these.

These law firms have represented thousands of home owners helping them, keeping them from going into foreclosure. You will see yard signs, street signs, advertisements. As you know Velocity Financial does not advertise, the radio station does play a spot because its important for people to know there is legitimate, licensed help out there. What I want to point out is if you have tried to do it on your own and it didnt work out, I am sorry about that and it doesnt mean it cant be done.

Most importantly you want to deal with somebody that you can sit across the table from, that is here locally, and you dont want to write a check to anybody other than a law firm. A licensed attorney needs to handle this, it is the best way to handle this. Velocity Financial does not charge an up front fee; we take care of all of the necessary paperwork, the discovery work. We do all of that and we dont charge for that. You do have to pay an attorney to represent you and after the case is done and modified and everyone is happy, they will pay us for the work that we have done. So dont work with anyone who isnt an attorney, thats my opinion.

In most states its the law and in Arizona its the wild, wild, west once again as usual, loan modifications are just not regulated but you know what, if you need a legitimate firm, if you need a human being to talk to and sit down with and lets get this thing worked out.

Well as you know Michael I started in the business about 20 years ago and the entire time I have really been working with attorneys. When I was doing loans for 12 plus years, I worked almost exclusively with bankruptcy attorneys helping to bail their clients out of bankruptcy and out of foreclosure, and I had been approached by other people and seen plenty of stuff on the internet about how you can basically buy a book online for $495, or go to a seminar, or do whatever and suddenly youre this loan modification expert after you read the book and filled out a couple of forms and that just doesnt give you the knowledge, the background and especially the negotiating ability that you have when youre dealing with an attorney…

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quinn slushgate taxpayers get creamed with top law firms mega bills as we have budget meltdown

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

I made this when I was beyond exhausted, the 600 an hour dollar lawyer is for Christine Quinn herself and she and the staff + council member have plowed through tax payers money for their defense with top extremely pricey law firms…PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE below!!!!! Activist sent me this comment with this email: What no paper or reporter has yet addressed is that the value of work by any of these law firms for any council member should be treated as additional personal income subject to taxation. If attorney Lee Richards, charging $600 per hour as the article states, is being paid from taxpayer money (as previous articles have stated), then Quinn should pay taxes on that additional benefit.
*****It is Dec. 31, 2008, can we have a financial break down of the legal bills — a running update on how much this is costing the tax payers and the specific individuals being represented as well as why Quinn needs this 600 dollar lawyer. We are in the midst of a terrible economic meltdown so the 17 million dollars plus legal bills need to be aired on tv and explained to the public especially New Yorkers. I made this video under extreme exhaustion and considered redoing it but I am too tired so I am amending today via text.

http://www.christinequinn.com/

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COUNCIL IN $LUSH MESS
By SALLY GOLDENBERG
NY Post
Last updated: 3:29 am
December 11, 2008
Posted: 2:38 am
December 11, 2008

The City Council is quickly running through taxpayer money paid to two top-of-the-line law firms and a high-profile attorney hired to advise and represent members and staffers snagged in a slush-fund probe – and has even quietly signed another firm, The Post has learned.

White-collar crime specialist Steptoe & Johnson so far has been paid $122,173. A $95,000 retainer for the firm Sullivan & Cromwell already has been depleted. And ex-federal prosecutor Lee Richards, who charges $600 an hour, has been hired as personal criminal defense lawyer for Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Now, The Post has learned, the firm Brune and Richard was hired Sept. 30 with a $90,000 retainer – and no public announcement. This, despite assurances from Quinn the process would be transparent.

Quinn spokeswoman Maria Alvarado said the latest firm was brought on board in case any conflicts of interest arose for people seeking help from Steptoe & Johnson. Alvarado refused to release the names of individuals who tapped into the Steptoe fund, saying it is “confidential information.”

A council source, however, said it was staffers – not members – who have sought advice.

Since 2002, the council hid $17 million in grants to nonexistent organizations and later gave the money to individual members for projects in their districts. The city Department of Investigation and the US Attorney’s Office in New York have launched joint probes into the practice.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12112008/news/regionalnews/council_in_lush_mess_143667.htm?CMP=EMC-email_edition&DATE=12112008

http://www.tenantplanet.org/2009/03/03/was-there-a-secret-deal-to-dump-term-limits/comment-page-1/#comment-98

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