Bank Mistakenly Starts Foreclosure Process On Wrong House In Kissimmee

[madeline_con]

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A Kissimmee homeowner was in England when he learned a Florida bank had mistakenly started foreclosure proceedings on his house.

As it turns out, Denroy Bell didn't even have a mortgage with the bank, Citi-Residential. The bank admitted that it's dealing with so many foreclosures in Central Florida that it made a mistake.

http://www.wftv.com/news/15523844/detail.html

[RC]

1. I can see the lock changers getting the wrong house, but

How could the bank make a mistake like that? Something else is going on here.

[madeline_con]

3. I guess the guy with the locks can't read address numbers. n/t

[flvegan]

2. What is being overlooked here, is the shitty Service of Process.

I can understand screwing up the Legal Description, especially if it was done from the start (deed, mortgage). When Service is done solely via publication and conspicuous placement, that's not right.

But, in Florida, it's all about going from Lis Pendens to Certificate of Title in less than 6 months.

If I were a lawyer here, I'd be in foreclosure defense/real estate civil litigation and I'd be one rich bastard while clocking mad karma saving homes.