Wells Fargo: Buy the Helms Family’s  house back from the investor (Individual A) who participated in this closed door sale, and sell the house back to the Helms Family, who are the legal owners. 
 

This petition requests:

1) We demand that Wells Fargo immediately purchase the Helms family’s house back from the local house flipper (individual A) to whom they made this illegal sale, with clouded title, while it is still in an active and ongoing Federal lawsuit. We demand Wells Fargo negotiate with  the Helms Family and give them an opportunity to purchase the house.

2) Wells Fargo present the lawful transaction records for the sale of the house, and payment to the "investor" Bank of America upon the sale and 

3) Bank of America submit the note to prove they are the "owner" of the house.  
 

Wells Fargo continues its unethical operations and continues to generate fraudulent documents in their home mortgage business, even after they were Federally fined in 2012.   The homeowners are tired of  Wells Fargo’s continued use of fraudulent and robo-signed documents to foreclose and evict people from their homes.  Since 2008, almost 10 million homes were lost and many of these homes were foreclosed in a systematically fraudulent manner.   The Helms family were one of those families.
 

Since April 2017, The Helms Family  have had pending litigation against Wells Fargo in Federal court (now in appeal).   
 

However, on Oct. 2017, they were evicted by “Bank of America” who  bypassed laws that were intended to prevent such evictions.   That eviction happened a day after the family learned that Mr. Helms needed to have open heart surgery.   The Helms Family  didn’t want to expend the energy to fight an eviction case in California State, a non-judiciary foreclosure state at a time when Mr. Helms. life was in danger.   
 

Last month , on July 17, 2019, even as Wells Fargo feigned interest in selling the house back to the Helms, Wells sold their home to a house flipper/real estate agent (individual A) without notifying the Helms family.  Because of the ongoing federal lawsuit and the clouded title on the house, this was not supposed to happen.
 

This is URGENT.    Our concern is that The House Flipper  (individual A) will sell this toxic asset at an inflated price to an innocent buyer even though he knows there is a pending and active Federal case.  According to his website, he specializes in foreclosure houses so there is a pattern to suggest he will take this action.  
 

In fact, he told a friend of the Helms Family, who called to inquire about purchasing the house, “There is NO litigation. The former owners are crazy.”   The Helms family also  received a “Cease and Desist”  letter from individual A’s attorney, Richard L. Goor, Esq. SPILE, LEFF & GOOR, LLP.    We believe this letter is an attempt to conceal the information in this lawsuit from possible buyers.     When we asked Richard Goor for a price on the house, their answer was:   “(individual A) tells me that he doesn’t want to sell for less than $750k (he is doing some remodeling in the home and has money invested in it).  He also tells me that he will not enter into any negotiations unless and until the sign is removed.”.  (The sign he is referring to is a banner erected on a neighbor’s property warning people of the fraudulent foreclosure, robo-signing, and information regarding the current and ongoing Federal lawsuit) So it is obvious he has no intention of selling the house to the Helms. 
 

Wells Fargo’s recent advertising campaigns have acknowledged their wrongdoings and  have promised to “make it right and rebuild trust”.   Well, here is your opportunity, Wells Fargo: Buy back the house from Individual A and resume your discussions with the Helms family. 
 

The Helms family are entrepreneurs and artists: Michael is a talented photographer,  Kaz is a teacher and a media coach, Erin, a singer and a student. They ran their small businesses from their home studio (attached to the house), which was taken away when they were evicted even despite the on-going lawsuit.   This has impacted their ability to continue to make a livelihood and raise their young child.   This was the house actors and artists gathered during the holiday season.   Through determination and a loyal clientele, they have managed to meet all their financial obligations and pay their bills throughout this 7-year struggle. In spite of having to endure a mind-numbing sense of instability, all they have ever wanted was a loan modification, to enjoy their home, and earn a living.  
 

In California - the rise in shell companies and “ghost banks”, that buy foreclosures with fraudulent ownerships and fake paperwork is finally coming to the attention of our legislators as a significant contributor to homelessness.  House "flippers" or "gentrifiers" are known to be a large part of the problem due to non judicial foreclosure processes which exacerbate these homelessness issues.   

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We need your help.   And let’s save one home at a time. 
 

From the Friends of Kaz & Michael 
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