Blackacre Facts, Your Honor You are the judge in the Separatizer Sam/Communitizer Cora divorce. Sam purchased Blackacre a week before marriage, making a $40,000 HSP down payment. CP made DOMDOS payments that reduced mortgage principal by $80,000. HSP made DOS-Current payments that reduced mortgage principal by another $20,000. Blac...
Sherry Peterson, CFLS
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Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS
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Forrest S. Mosten
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Fredrick (Rick) Cohen
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Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS
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Fredrick (Rick) Cohen, Leslie Ellen Shear
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John T. Sylvester, CFLS
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Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS
Welcome to my little corner of the world. On occasion I will be including this column that...
It is with great sadness that we must share the news of the passing of our Executive Direc...
Alaina Lynch, Jillian Duggan Herd
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Sherry Peterson, CFLS
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Tracy Duell-Cazes, CFLS
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Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS
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Mark E. Sullivan
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Tracy Duell-Cazes, CFLS
Welcome to my little corner of the world. On occasion I will be including this column that...