The goal of this information is to get an accurate picture of my landlord's financial position. If the building someone is renting an apartment at goes into foreclosure, a tenant usually has very little notice to find alternate housing.

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• 2014-CH-10815 — JPMorgan Chase Bank v. Valentino Michael G
  • TODO: find out if this is my unit or not
• 2011-CH-10118 — Chase Home Finance v. Valentino Michael G
  • TODO: check this one out, it could be my unit.... note the reference to RBS Citizens
  • NOTE: according to this, yes, it's related
• 2010-M3-004387 — Invesco v. Valentino Michael
  • they were never able to get in contact with the defendant, and dropped the suit
• 2010-CH-44408 — RBS Citizens v. Valentino Michael G
  • filed: 10/13/2010
  • court date scheduled: 12/15/2010
  • court documents available at Richard J. Daley Center, Room 802 (for free) includes this information:
    • mortgage foreclosure on the 1509 N California property
    • as of September 1, 2010, $234,915.61 was owed on the property
    • This mortgage stems from a refinancing that occurred in April 15, 2005 (the property last changed owners in ~1998). In 2005 the mortgage was for $231,400.00.
      • HOW can that be? How can the principle be higher now than it was five years ago? That's much worse than just being under-water.
        • Oh. It's a variable-rate mortgage. But does that fully explain it? Even if the interest spiked at the end, that couldn't have made up for years of paying down the principle, could it?
• 2010-CH-27577 – US Bank National Association v. Michael Valentino
  • filed: 6/25/2010
  • dismissed: 9/13/2010
  • foreclosure proceedings for 1700 S Carpenter St Unit: 2A,
    which he lost possession of in 9 August 2010
  • court documents available at Richard J. Daley Center, Room 802 (for free) includes this information:
    • his last payment on the mortgage was November 2009
    • as of 6/25/2010, he owed $240,000 on the mortgage
    • the case was dismissed on 13 September 2010 because a "deed in lieu" had been completed
    • the tax ID for this property is 17-20-401-030-0000
• 2010-M1-147724 – Capital One Bank v. Michael Valentino
  • filed: 5/26/2010
  • judgment: 9/2/2010
  • court documents available at Richard J. Daley Center, Room 601 (for free) includes this information:
    • a Capital One credit card was in default
    • CC# 5178-0521-3005-6258
    • credit card balance was $1,232.11 as of 8/26/2009
    • the process server used this address:
      • Michael J. Valentino, 359 E Rimini Ct 1A, Palatine, IL 60067
• 2010-M1-138592 – Capital One Bank v. Michael Valentino
  • filed: 4/30/2010
  • final judgment: 8/19/2010
  • court documents available at Richard J. Daley Center, Room 601 (for free) includes this information:
    • a Capital One credit card was in default
    • CC# 5178-0524-4472-8030
    • credit card balance was $3877.81 as of 01/30/2010
• 2010-M1-128004 – Capital One Bank v. Michael Valentino
  • filed: 4/6/2010
  • final judgment: 8/26/2010
  • court documents available at Richard J. Daley Center, Room 601 (for free) includes this information:
    • a Capital One credit card was in default
    • CC# 4762-3625-7015-0444
    • credit card balance was $1979.23 as of 8/26/2009
• 2010-M3-001187 – Anderson Shirley v. Michael Valentino
  • division: suburban municipal division (District: Rolling Meadows)
  • filed: 4/7/2010
  • final judgment: 6/11/2010
  • ad damnum: $9233.40
  • court documents available at 2121 Euclid Ave, Rolling Meadows, IL, Room 121, Civil counter (for free) includes this information:
    • It's not clear if this is related to my landlord or not. However, the bit about fudging his address, as well as possibly his middle initial, fits his M.O.
    • side-note: Both the plaintiff and defendent are pro-se litigants, and the court records for this case are frankly abysmal. (for starters, the complaint is almost non-existent)
    • the defendant is listed as "Michael A. Valentino"
    • it took them a while to figure out where to serve the summons to, with two addresses being attempted:
      • 11555 W. Touhy Ave, Rosemont, IL 60018 [this is the address of United Airlines] [summons was unable to be served here]
      • 1260 C Inverrary Lane, Deerfield, IL 60015 [summons was apparently successful?]
    • I was interested in this case because of Mr. Valentino's 6/11/2010 motion to defend as an indigent person, hoping that this would present a more accurate picture of his financial situation.
      • Unfortunately, like the rest of the case, the court records are non-existent. The only thing recorded was the judge's reason for denying the motion, stated only as "income too high".
    • the core of the case: the case was handled in small-claims court; the case was categorized (via checkboxes, not custom text) as Commercial Litigation > Breach of Contract; the plaintiff asked for past-due bills of $9,233.40 to be paid; the judge ultimately awarded damages of $2812.26
• 2007-M1-181151 – Arrow Financial v. Michael Valentino
  • filed: 8/15/2007
  • case dismissed: 10/2/2007
  • 7/10/2009 – placed on bankruptcy calendar
  • court documents available at Richard J. Daley Center, Room 1202 (for free) includes this information:
    • this is a credit card that's in default
    • $786.25 was owed as of 8/3/2007
    • the court file did NOT include any mention of the 2009 bankruptcy calendar action
• 2006-M1-202325 – BMW Financial Services v. Michael Valentino
  • filed: 12/28/2006
  • wages garnished
• 2010-CH-24615 – Bank New York Mellon v. 1700-1704 S Carpenter
  • court documents available at Richard J. Daley Center, Room 802 (for free) includes this information:
    • This case is NOT related to Michael Valentino.
    • The specific address for this case is 1700 S Carpenter Unit: 1A, and the Tax ID is 17-20-401-060-1001