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FORECLOSURE CRISIS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published April 3, 2020
The Pandemic is awful – no doubt. Our
economy is suffering, no questions asked. But it is a totally
different economic crisis than the one we faced in 2007/2008. I
am pretty confident that the economy is recovering quickly as
soon as the serious health problem is over.
This is not a crisis caused by the
economy and idiotic lending practices, it’s caused by a
world-wide virus epidemy – an epidemy that will end if we all
listen to the advice given to us daily by our health experts.
Social distancing is the name of the
game and I have absolutely no understanding for people who
ignore the warnings. Anybody who hasn’t gotten the message yet
is either stupid or a total fool.
Getting back to the finances: Yes,
some families will have financial difficulties, having problems
keeping up with the bills in a timely manner. Breadwinners will
lose their jobs – most likely only for a short while – and for
some families income will be much lower.
The big question nobody can really
answer – the answers we hear so far are ”guesses” – is:
HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?
If we all do our part, use common
sense and have a little compassion for the families who are not
as lucky as others, we should successfully deal with the health
crisis and the economic crisis.
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Jan Bergemann is president of Cyber Citizens For Justice,
Florida
's largest state-wide property owners' advocacy group.
CCFJ works on legislation to help owners living in
community
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associations. He moved to
Florida
in 1995 - hoping to retire. He moved into a HOA, where the
developer cheated the homeowners and used the association dues
for his own purposes. End of retirement!
CCFJ was born in the year 2000, when some owners met in
Tallahassee
- finding out that power is only in numbers. Bergemann was a
member of Governor Jeb Bush's HOA Task force in 2003/2004.
The organization has two websites to inform interested
Florida
homeowners and condo owners:
News Website: http://www.ccfj.net/.
Educational Website: http://www.ccfjfoundation.net/.
We think that only owners can really represent owners, since all
service providers surely have a different interest! We are
trying to create owner-friendly laws, but the best laws are
useless without enforcement. And enforcement is totally lacking
in
Florida
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