Ocala Homeowner Reports Trouble With Self-Described Faith-Based Foreclosure Rescue Operator

In Marion County, Florida, the Ocala Star Banner reports:

• Rebecca Dorobiala's house was sold on the steps of the Marion County Courthouse in April. As she looks back on that moment now, she regrets putting her trust and money in the hands of someone who pledged to save her home but didn't deliver on the promise. Dorobiala lost her job in 2006. Her husband came out of retirement to help with finances. When he was injured on the job, she began falling behind in her mortgage payments and went looking for help.

• In stepped Florida Faith Inc. and its owner, Mary Redford, who assured Dorobiala that the company could save her home for a fee. Redford even offered Dorobiala a job. Dorobiala was encouraged. But three months later, she walked out. Dorobiala says Redford never paid her for the work she did and failed to resolve her mortgage foreclosure. She said she was also becoming increasingly uncomfortable watching Redford promise other desperate homeowners that she could help them resolve their foreclosures and keep their homes.

For the whole story, see In bad faith?