Please Help!!!

[KarenD]

I am a single mother with three children. My ex-husband lost a very high paying job two years ago. He got a full severance package for 5 month ($47,000). However, he entered a motion to reduce child support and stated that his income was $0. I subpoenaed the company and got child support on that. Since then, he was able to greatly reduce child support because I couldn't prove income. I knew that he was flipping houses, but couldn't prove it. I have recently come upon copies of about a dozen real estate sales contracts signed by him (he testified under oath that his name is not on any title, sales contract, deed, ect) and the seller. Don't ask how I got them; I'm not telling. I beleive that he is finding buyers quickly and therefore not required to get financing. His name doesn't have to apprear on any other legal documents. I am not very knowledgable in real estate. Can someone please tell me how I can get the goods on this man? I would like proof that he was paid by the title company for the difference between his sales contract and the final selling price. It would be great to go back to the judge and prove that he was involved in these transactions. Is there anywhere he would have to file any legal documents in order to effectuate the transfer of these houses. It would have to be somewhere that I would have access to.....legally, that is. Any documents obtained illegally would obviously not be admisable. Help!!! This man has been dragging me and my children around by the nose in so many ways for so many years.

[Sam Dodd]

LOL Now this is fun. The first thing I would do is run his name through your states LLC, Corperation, and Trust registary. That way you will know if he is doing this under one of those means. Then I would go to the County Offices of where ever you suspect he is flipping houses. I would search the county records for any homes or land in his name. I would also have title searches ran on any properties you suspect he was involved in the flip. You could also just hire a private investigator to search records and follow him around a bit.
Anyways those are my suggestions. I am sure some others will have some better suggestions.

[KarenD]

I already found out about his LLC, which he is no longer using. I've been trying to get him for two years. He lost his $142,000 job two years ago and filed a petition to reduce child support based on $0 income. I supboenaed the company and found out that he got a full severance for 4 months and was sitting on a $47,000 severance check. He was also collecting unemployment. The two added up to $11,000/month and he didn't pay child support for 5 months. In civil court, you don't even get a slap on the wrist. They just say "pay up". It takes me endless hours of research and legal work and there is no penalty for his actions. Now I 'find' these contracts, but can't really bring them to court because they may be considered to have been obtained illegally and may be inadmissable. I will be going to the recorders office and doing all the research on these particular properties, but I'm pretty sure that his name will not appear on any deeds, titles, ect. I'm thinking that the only place, other that the real estate contract, that I will find his name will be on the check that he received from the title company.

[Sam Dodd]

His name wont be on the title of those contracts anymore but they will be in the Chain of Title Report on the property. Take the dates of the contracts, find who the owner was during that timeframe. If it is an LLC, Trust, or Corp you got him. See you can use the contracts not in court but to find out the information legal then have it admissable in court. I hope this makes sense.

[KarenD]

The contracts are in his name. He is not using the LLC. And, how am I going to explain how I found out about these properties? If there was a title, it would be easy to explain. However, his name does not appear on a title. So, how am I going to explain how I came upon this information. And, how am I going to get more supporting documemts. It's not enough to have the contract. I need to show that he got paid money. Once I come upon this information legitimately, then I can subpoena the title company for a copy of the check they issued to him. My problem is that I can't divulge my source.

[KarenD]

Where would I find a Chain of Title Report?

[Sam Dodd]

Title Company. Its is impossible for him to buy a property without his name ever going on the title btw.

[KarenD]

He didn't buy the property. He signed a sales contract and sold the property before the contract was up. This way, you get the difference between the sales contract amount and the purchase price. The title company gives you a check for the difference.

[Sam Dodd]

You cannont sell property before the sales contract is up. You either have to do an assumption or you have purchase it, own it for 1 second and sale it. Simatanious closes are against the law. The point is there is a paper trail.

[Dan Connolly]

I'll bet that he is assigning the contracts and getting a fee for that. "Selling the paper". I don't think his name will ever appear in the chain of title. I think it should be on the settlement statements anyway, to be legal, but frequently the assignee is paying his fee under the table. Kind of like the "bird dog" fees you hear about. I don't know if that information can be gotten from the title company or closing attorney, with a supeona, you need to ask your lawyer.