Stephanie was sued for foreclosure on her $47,000 mortgage after missing three payments in 2004. As generally is true with banks these days, Stephanie’s bank showed her no forgiveness when she fell behind.

Recently, we met with Brenda and heard a story we’ve heard all too often. Brenda had run into problems with her mortgage and was contacted by an out-of-state outfit which promised her for a few thousand dollars it could straighten things out and help her get mortgage relief.

In last week’s Foreclosures Stories article about Mark and Susie titled “The Supreme Court Gets It!” I compared our judicial system to a waking sleeping giant when it comes to securitized mortgage foreclosure cases.

Jim and Ashley moved into Ashley’s father’s home when he passed away years ago. Even though the mortgage was in Ashley’s father’s name, they continued to make payments to the bank, GMAP, for some time thereafter.