H. Daniel Smith

Lawyer, dad, grandad

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@98Apples @MysterySolvents One must always be open to persuasion.

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@johnrobertgage What are the stats on private/catholic schools?

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@SellersCounsel Sorry to hear this. When I get a heavily marked up loan agreement I want the AI to make wholesale comments thus: “lender declines.”

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@98Apples @MysterySolvents Provide citations please.

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@RealFDAGirl @MysterySolvents I don’t like that any better. Neither the problem nor the solution will have much to do with houses or homes.

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That’s just the point. If you keep asking the wrong question, you will never get an answer. if you keep asking the question, how can we find homes for people who don’t really want homes and won’t stay in them anyway, you’re wasting time and money. Instead ask, what is the most humane way to deal with these chronic pathologies? You might also ask, why does this problem just get worse even though we spent trillions of dollars on it?

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I don’t know Cal. law on this, but typically the lender can credit bid and will do so up to the outstanding balance. In many states the Borrower will get credit for FMV no matter what the lender bids. So, if someone lowballs, the lender bids it up to a number it is ok with. Also, typically the trustee will have a plan in writing approved by lender for various bid scenarios.

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@k9cbw @KentWeyrauch I think we need to commission the definitive study of this, video the whole thing and put it on X.

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@shellenberger @bonmon If there was a real 60 Minutes, it would do an exposé on 60 Minutes.

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@shipwreckedcrew @bariweiss Exactly. He is a poodle on parade. The half-life is 30 seconds.

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@GuertlerThomas @KentWeyrauch We obviously need a scientific study of this! I’m prepared to be corrected!

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@Ali_cat_78 @KentWeyrauch Or you might have to add 30 seconds in order to be courteous. Try it, you’ll like it.

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@BorntregerLevi @KentWeyrauch That sounds like a you thing.

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@HowardKurtz Replace them with somebody fair. Do real reporting. I don't think lying to your audience is a sustainable business plan. And if it is, it’s a business plan that rots your soul.

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@BartemyS @shipwreckedcrew To paraphrase Bill Buckley you'd be better off with the first 20 names in the Boston phonebook

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The sorting out is of the lawyers who file this stuff. Don't they read the news? Don't they take responsibility for what they turn into a judge? How is it possible to keep doing this? Surely a legal education ought to fit you for the ability to screen for legal nonsense, even without checking the sources.

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@daniellevine Maybe they can improve the golf balls

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@MichaelSocolow This was a new sheriff in town moment, not a can’t we all be friends moment.