tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post114368239563075199..comments2023-10-20T07:59:45.124-07:00Comments on Sonoma Housing Bubble : Fraud Files IIIAthenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15944962059749126687noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1143922511374253822006-04-01T12:15:00.000-08:002006-04-01T12:15:00.000-08:00I bet it wouldn't surprise is Matt... I bet it wou...I bet it wouldn't surprise is Matt... I bet it would simply shine a great big spotlight on the racketeering that was the engine behind this bubble... I think the sheeple that fell prey to it and played along would be pissed!!! I think the lenders, appraisers and real estate agents pulled a great big one this time... and they succeeded in gaining partipulation on the part of the fools that bought into their game of making book.<BR/><BR/>The fools rushed in participating in their own manipulation.Athenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15944962059749126687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1143825290971842622006-03-31T09:14:00.000-08:002006-03-31T09:14:00.000-08:00wow...!!! Thanks Kia! I will have to go through th...wow...!!! Thanks Kia! I will have to go through the archives and see if I can find anything from the county papers. I have seen very little from them in general other than their infomercial/articles for the real estate industry.Athenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15944962059749126687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1143808952594916992006-03-31T04:42:00.000-08:002006-03-31T04:42:00.000-08:00I worked as a newspaper reporter in Sonoma county ...I worked as a newspaper reporter in Sonoma county last year. I was at the Sheriff's department one day when a couple from Forestville came to complain about this very thing. Someone had come in and "rescued" an old man they knew right out of his property.<BR/><BR/>I also met a woman who claimed she lost her house to one of these foreclosure fraudsters and was struggling to get it back.<BR/><BR/>I bet there's more. I didn't get to write about this, because I left before I could spend time on it, but I do hope someone does.Kiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652157502257079776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1143740492409179832006-03-30T09:41:00.000-08:002006-03-30T09:41:00.000-08:00fraud always increases as a bubble market passes i...fraud always increases as a bubble market passes its peak and starts to pop in any market,fear and greed overpower any remnant of common sense and people do some incredibly stupid and risky things...i'd also point out that many of these frauds will require the complicity of a notary public...those grant deeds surely did.i see more fraud and identity threat articles every month in national notary magazine....idiots who are willing to spend years in prison for a few thousand dollars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1143708877405228172006-03-30T00:54:00.000-08:002006-03-30T00:54:00.000-08:00right... I think the fraud is a symptom of the bub...right... I think the fraud is a symptom of the bubble popping. As it deflates those who thought themselves safe above it are now visible to the vultures who are circling the vulnerable...Athenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15944962059749126687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1143705699893140962006-03-30T00:01:00.000-08:002006-03-30T00:01:00.000-08:00The bubble is popping, but not due to fraud...The bubble is popping, but not due to fraud...Out at the peakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855394670202295976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1143690960247090092006-03-29T19:56:00.000-08:002006-03-29T19:56:00.000-08:00with stories like this how can the bubble not be p...with stories like this how can the bubble not be popped?moonvalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058991195867052788noreply@blogger.com