Wells Fargo Demands Couple Pay Off $87K HELOC Immediately

Now I wasn’t dumb enough to get into a house

Nor would I have been dumb enough to take out a 2nd mortgage –oops–”HELOC”

And I am esp not dumb enough to do business with Wells Fargo

But I post this just to shed a little more light on the cockroaches.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20120914,0,5732676,full.column

 

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By ROBBIE WHELAN

Keith Mullin’s start-up snack-food company, Gamer Grub, needs cash to become a player.

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