Missouri "Contract For Deed" Operator Hit With C&D Order By Securities Regulator, Preliminary Injunction By State AG

In Springfield, Missouri, the Springfield News Leader reports:

• The Missouri Securities Division [yesterday] issued a cease-and desist order against Greenleaf Companies of Springfield, its subsidiary and owners Eric Gagnepain and Scott Dasal prohibiting them from offering their real estate investment program, said Ryan Hobart, spokesman for the Missouri Secretary of State’s office.

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• Greenleaf came under public scrutiny after many of the houses the company brokered recently were lost — or threatened to be lost — to foreclosure.

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• Greenleaf commissioned the construction of hundreds of investment houses and solicited investors — both in Missouri and out of the state — to take out loans and purchase those homes. In exchange for the use of their good credit, Greenleaf promised the investors at least $10,000 in returns after three years.

• Greenleaf hoped to sell the homes to those with blemished credit histories, letting them move in first on a contract for deed. Greenleaf would collect monthly payments and forward enough to investors to cover their monthly obligations, such as loan principle, interest, taxes and insurance.

• Without enough buyers and adequate income, Greenleaf has been unable to pay its investors, who in turn are defaulting on their mortgages, triggering foreclosures not only in Greene County but Branson, northwest Arkansas and south of Kansas City.

For the story, see State orders Greenleaf to cease and desist operations.

See also:

• Attorney General files preliminary injunction against Greenleaf Companies,
• Greenleaf Companies responds to Attorney General’s injunction,
• State unravels Greenleaf Cos. 'investment scheme'.

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