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You spend more than you think on health care
Most people have no idea how much they spend on health care. When you file bankruptcy, one of the forms for the bankruptcy court is...
Robert Weed
Dec 14, 20142 min read
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Confidentiality or Obstruction of Justice: Where’s the Line?
I hate it when people do illegal stuff to my customers. For a consumer bankruptcy lawyer, I’m litigious. I’m quick to sue. I’m a...
Robert Weed
Nov 30, 20144 min read
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VA Bankruptcy Trustee Tries to Grab Support Payments
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee Grabbing Alimony Payments Esther is divorced, mother of two grade school children. She and the kids are...
Robert Weed
Nov 29, 20142 min read
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Ocwen Back-Dates Loan Mod Letters
Ocwen Back-Dates Loan Mod letters–according to NY Attorney General. Here’s a PR photo of Ocwen President Ron Faris offering a loan mod to...
Robert Weed
Nov 2, 20141 min read
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Avvo names Robert Weed a Top Contributor in Bankruptcy Law
Avvo names Robert Weed a Top Contributor One of the ethical aspirations of lawyers is to help the public understand their rights. To help...
Robert Weed
Nov 2, 20141 min read
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How Soon After Bankruptcy Can I Get a Mortgage?
Good News: Fannie Mae Announces New Shorter Waiting Period for After Bankruptcy Mortgage. Here’s the most important question for people...
Robert Weed
Aug 26, 20143 min read
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Bankruptcy consultation shouldn’t be like “Texas Hold’em”
Q: “Why Do you Want All these Forms Filed Out for our Bankruptcy Consultation?” A: “Because you and I should not play Texas hold’em.”...
Robert Weed
Jul 16, 20141 min read
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Debt Collectors will be on you like a duck on a junebug
This article in the Norfolk paper about Portfolio Recovery explains something I had only guessed at, before. Debt collectors know when...
Robert Weed
Jul 12, 20142 min read
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A New Start In Life–Out of the Depths of Dispair
Three years after bankruptcy–from the depths of despair to building a retirement home. I love being a bankruptcy lawyer, because I can...
Robert Weed
Jul 3, 20144 min read
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Bankruptcy Means Test: 5% Additional for Food and Clothing
Food and clothing in the bankruptcy means test One of my jobs as a bankruptcy lawyer is to make you look good on the bankruptcy means...
Robert Weed
Jun 26, 20142 min read
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Chapter 13: Your vehicle operating budget is too small.
If you are in Chapter 13, the vehicle operating budget you are allowed will be too small. That’s (almost) a mathematical certainty. ...
Robert Weed
Jun 21, 20144 min read
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Dismissed Chapter 13
Sometimes a dismissed Chapter 13 is all your need. Chuck and Inez came to see me today about Chapter 7 bankruptcy. After Chapter 13 saved...
Robert Weed
May 27, 20141 min read
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Freedom Debt Relief: Claims on the Radio–Are They True?
Heard a commercial last week for Freedom Debt Relief on WTOP. Freedom Debt Relief is very careful in their contracts. But I think they...
Robert Weed
May 20, 20144 min read
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Can a Debt Collector Call Itself “Law Enforcement Systems”?
I think it’s an FDCPA violation for a debt collector to call itself Law Enforcement Systems. Couple years ago, one of my bankruptcy...
Robert Weed
May 14, 20143 min read
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How Private Student Loans and Bankruptcy Reform Cause Unemployment
Private Student Loans + Bankruptcy Reform = Unemployment Chuck told me today that he can’t buy a house because of his private student...
Robert Weed
May 8, 20141 min read
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Valarie gets approved for an after bankruptcy mortgage
Valarie emailed me a little after midnight, to let me know she’d bought a new house. When Valarie came to see me in 2010, she was living...
Robert Weed
May 5, 20141 min read
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Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing fees go up–is that fair?
Apple paid $350 filing fee for a two billion dollar legal battle that tied up this Federal court house for a month. You pay $335 for a...
Robert Weed
May 3, 20142 min read
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Is VirginiaDebtRelief.org really BBB rated A+
VirginiaDebtRelief.org, one of those “Avoid Bankruptcy” outfits–is unusual because they claim to be rated A+ by the Better Business...
Robert Weed
Apr 22, 20141 min read
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Recovery Services at 855-633-3603 Scams Ana
Before she came to talk to me about bankruptcy, Ana was scammed out of $200 by Recovery Services. “Recovery Services” called Ana from...
Robert Weed
Apr 7, 20141 min read
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Virginia Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
The Bankruptcy Law Office of Robert Weed led all attorneys in Virginia Chapter 7 bankruptcy case filings in 2013. We did more Chapter 7...
Robert Weed
Apr 4, 20142 min read
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