One of the reasons many of the mortgage fraud schemes can flourish is because of complicity, or at least indifference, of a very few appraisers. Just a few bad apples make it very difficult for appraisers with a strong moral compass to succeed. A California appraiser was "blacklisted" by Washington Mutual because she refused to lie about market conditions. This is pretty much the same problem legitimate closing agents and title companies suffer through every day. If I had a nickel for every "client" or "deal" we lost because we were not "flexible" enough.... Well, it would be a nice big pile of nickels. Of course, who need clients like that, I know, I know, but it sure would make life and business easier if we all played by the same rules.
Here's the whole story:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/news/chi-harney_re_01-27jan27,0,5983594.story
Good luck Jennifer! We're all rooting for you.
Friday, February 1, 2008
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