Expert No. 107615 – Real Estate Expert – CA(S)
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Expertise Description: M.B.A. - Real Estate Broker with more than 25 years of experience in Mortgage and Real Estate. Specializes in mortgage fraud, predatory lending practices, lender liability, real estate fraud and disputes, real estate disclosures, and offering opinions on industry standards and practices. Experience includes litigation consulting in the following areas: plaintiff and defense strategies concerning breach of contract and / or fraud; mortgage fraud litigation; credit underwriting; brokers malpractice issues; title insurance coverage, exclusions, and claims; and commission compensations issues. Chair of the Real Estate Experts subcommittee of the American Bar Association. M.B.A. in Finance from Pepperdine University. More than 12 years expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Representative Litigation Experience:
  • Unallowed charges on HUD-1 (RESPA violations)
  • Unpermitted demolition of encumbered property
  • Ponzi scheme perpetrated by mortgage broker
  • Appraiser's valuation of vacant land
  • Failure to disclose that property is located in historical zone
  • Loan officer's forgery of Borrower's income documents
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
  • Court trustee for the recover of funds in mortgage fraud
  • Consulting on method to distribute award in a class-action suit
  • Consulting on FTC investigation of a mortgage-reduction scheme
Licenses & Certifications:
Federal Originator / Underwriter registration
California DRE Broker's License
Freddie Mac Underwriter
Education:
DegreeSubjectInstitution
MBACorporate FInancePepperdine University
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
  • American Bar Association (Chair, Real Estate Expert Witness Subcommittee)
  • California State Bar (Public member, Committee on Mandatory fee Arbitration)
  • Beverly Hills / Los Angeles Association of Realtors
  • Southern California Mediation Association
  • American Arbitration Association (Real Estate Panel)
Other Career Highlights:
Author: The Mortgage Applicant's Bible
Articles for NAR's magazine

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