Foreclose on ACORN

Left wing fraudulent organization ACORN is attempting to become an unwelcomed major player in the foreclosure mess our country and communities are currently facing. Since the election is over and the voter fraud issues are surprisingly behind us, ACORN is now refocusing on the real estate market. Take a listen:



Before we get to far along, please take a moment to refresh your memory on ACORN, and keep in mind this organization is on the list to receive millions from the hastily passed spendulus package.



With their favorite son elected President, ACORN is now flexing muscle, in beautiful downtown Orlando.



A nationwide event, called the "Home Staying" campaign, kicked off today in seven cities. Among the cities ACORN targeted today was Orlando. Unfortunately, ACORN is proud to use civil disobedience in the form of human barricades, according to Meridith Adrion, an Orlando community organizer. "We are calling on people to stand up and say "I'm not leaving my home", said Adrion.

I am very much against this, and I am calling on people to take personal responsibility for their actions. A contract is between the parties involved and for a non profit organization, with a checkered past at best, to interject themselves into the relationship is improper. Folks who do not, for whatever reason, adhere to the terms of the contract are in default, and must suffer the consequences associated with that, which includes being forced out of the property.

I am an owner of several rental properties in Orlando, and despite my best efforts through an applicant screening process, I find that I unfortunately have to evict tenants who fail to meet their rental obligation, and I have every right to do so. In fact, I have an obligation to do so. So do the the banking firms that hold the mortgages in default.

The eviction process is costly for both parties, but I have a fiduciary responsibility to my obligations and to my family that come before whatever bad luck has befallen a tenant. No pay, no stay.

ACORN thrusting their participation in this process is interference in the marketplace, creating a higher level of uncertainty, punishing those meeting their obligations, reducing the power gained from the falling home prices in the form of affordability of those wishing to enter the marketplace and delaying the reset the market so desperately needs.

For those of us who champion personal responsibility and are wishing for a return to normal market activity with respect to the housing market, the actions of ACORN interference are sure to make the wait substantially longer.