Rachel Dollar is a California lawyer and a certified mortgage banker. She is available for media inquiries at rdollar@smithdollar.com.
Prior media contributions include:
| March 1, 2012 | Investor’s Business Daily, Property Fraud Booms, FBI Probes 2,500 Mortgage Cases |
| August 16, 2011 | Inman News, FBI: Mortgage fraud attracting organized crime |
| July 4, 2011 | The North Bay Business Journal, Federal Agency Asking Public for Comment on Real Estate Disclosures |
| June 26, 2011 | KSRO, The Real Estate Hour with Michael Kelly and Allison Norman |
| May 13, 2011 | Wall Street Journal, Records Reveal Unusual Refinancing Practices of Accused FDA Insider |
| April 3, 2011 | The Press Democrat, Appeals court sides with Santa Rosa couple in land battle |
| March 7, 2011 | The North Bay Business Journal, Spotlight: Law Firm Managing Partners |
| March 1, 2011 | San Francisco Chronicle, Why Those from Inside Job aren’t Inside a Prison |
| January 14, 2011 | TNG, Real Estate Radio Show with Bruce Norris |
| June 28, 2010 | The North Bay Business Journal, Women in Business 2010 |
| June 23, 2010 | Inman News, Cutting to the Core of the Financial Crisis |
| February 8, 2010 | The North Bay Business Journal, Most Influential Leaders |
| January 2010 | The Front Line Magazine, The Cost of Doing Business the Wrong Way |
| August 6, 2009 | Inman News, The Lowdown on Downpayment Programs |
| July, 2009 | Mortgage Banking Magazine, Flashpoint – FHA Fraud |
| June 5, 2009 | Miami Herald, Feds Get Tough on Mortgage Fraud |
| March 26, 2009 | American Banker, Using Racketeering Law to Recoup Fraud Losses |
| March 14, 2009 | Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinal, Criminal Past No Barrier to Mortgage Field |
| January 18, 2009 | New York Times, Loan Fraud Seen on the Rise |
| November 18, 1008 | Willamette Week, House of Gain |
| November 14, 2008 | JAMS, ADR Update: The Subprime Fallout |
| July 13, 2008 | Tampa Tribune, Close Door on Real Estate Fraud |
| May 31, 2008 | The Seattle Times, A Roundup of Real Estate Books |
| May 30, 2008 | Chicago Tribune, 4 good reads |
| May 13, 2008 | Palm Beach Post, Boca Firm Audited After Scam |
| April 14, 2008 | Business Wire, Second Annual Mortgage Fraud Blog Conference Open for Registration |
| March 8, 2008 | Tampa Tribune, Appraiser Evaluates Whether 303 Homes are Overpriced |
| March 7, 2008 | Baltimore Sun, Profiting from Problems of Others |
| February 27, 2008 | National Mortgage News Rachel Dollar Testifies on Mortgage Fraud |
| February 18, 2008 | Business Spectator, The “rescue” fraud epidemic |
| February 14, 2008 | Senior Journal, Senior Citizens Most Likely to be Targeted by Foreclosure Rescue Scams |
| February 14, 2008 | Ocala Star Banner, Victims of foreclosure rescue scams testify |
| February 10, 2008 | Santa Rosa Press Democrat, How could so many people afford homes at peak of boom? |
| November 27, 2007 | Voice of San Diego, Mortgage Fraud Hits the Courts |
| November 18, 2007 | Newsday, Homeowners entangled in loan scheme |
| October 29, 2007 | WBIG, Talk Radio with Steve Rayburn |
| October 28, 2007 | Palm Beach Post, Florida, Slow housing market speeds up scam |
| October 25, 2007 | KGEO, Real Estate Today Radio Talk Show with Jonathan Vaughn |
| October 24, 2007 | Mortgage Radio, Detecting Fraud, Part III, Fraud Elimination |
| October 2, 2007 | KGET, More Muscle Wanted Behind Anti-Mortgage-Fraud Action |
| October 1, 2007 | KGET, Panel of Experts Discuss Housing Market |
| September 30, 2007 | KGET, Boom to Bust: Kern’s Housing Market Forum |
| September 19, 2007 | Inman News, 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2007 |
| September 24, 2007 | Voice of San Diego, How Mortgage Fraud Functions |
| September 6, 2007 | Indy Star, Landlord Faces Fraud and Theft Charges |
| August 14, 2007 | RIS Media, Real Estate Fraud Hits Hollywood: Fraud for the Rich & Famous |
| August 9, 2007 | Union Sentinel, Georgia, Dollars and Sense |
| 2007 | Communicator, FBI Links Mortgage Fraudulent Appraisals with Terrorism and Organized Crime |
| July 23, 2007 | Blown Mortgage, Blown Mortgage’s Podcast Interview with Rachel Dollar |
| July 19, 2007 | The Wall Street Journal, I Feel Like an Idiot – Land Projects Gone Wrong Shows How Even Well Off Lured by Go Go Climate |
| June 30, 2007 | San Diego Magazine, A New Kind of Housing Squeeze |
| June 29 2007 | Inman News, Bloggers Chase Top Blog Innovator Title |
| May 23, 2007 | Kling Publications, Fraud at Core of Repurchases |
| April 1, 2007 | Bradenton Herald, Florida, Manatee’s ‘flip’ fiasco, six years later |
| March 20, 2007 | The Virginian-Pilot, Hampton Roads, VA, Loose lending allows developers to feed off mortgage money |
| March 1, 2007 | Realtor Magazine, The List Issue 2007 – 5 Real Estate Blogs to Visit |
| February 2007 | Mortgage Banking, Mortgage Fraud Expert Rachel Dollar – The Mortgage Fraud Blog |
| January 20-21, 2007 | CNN, Open House with Gerri Willis |
| January 14, 2007 | The Kansas City Star, Mortgage fraud’s new super sleuths |
| December, 2006 | Credit Union Business, Mortgage Fraud: Fighting Back with Prevention and detection |
| October 29, 2006 | San Francisco Chronicle, Mortgage fraud — the worst crime no one’s heard of |
| October 22, 2006 | Chattanooga Times, Mortgage Fraud Hurts Owners and Banks |
| October 18, 2006 | News from Capitol Hill, Solutions to Fraud Sought at Appraisal Foundation Symposium |
| October 17, 2006 | Realty Times, Most Fraud Charges Not Investigated |
| September 29, 2006 | Los Angeles Times, CA, More Buyers Stretch Truth, Budgets to Get Loans |
| September 28, 2006 | Wall Street Journal, Towns Residents Say they were Target of Big Mortgage Fraud |
| September 28, 2006 | The Oregonian, Frauds Pump Air into Real Estate Bubble |
| September, 2006 | Mortgage Banking Magazine, Mortgage Shakedown |
| September, 2006 | Mortgage Banking Magazine, A High Tech Battle with Mortgage Fraud |
| September 10, 2006 | South Florida Sun Sentinel, FL, Real Estate a Fraud Hot Spot |
| August 31, 2006 | Inman News, 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2006 |
| July 1, 2006 | Mortgage Banking Magazine, USAP, ACC and AGs |
| June 12, 2006 | MSN, Don’t hand your house to a thief |
| July 8, 2006 | Foreclosure Talk Radio, Chicago, Illinois |
| May 24, 2006 | Inman News, Cleaning the Augean stables: obstacles to fighting loan fraud |
| May 23, 2006 | Inman News, Schemes to Hijack the American Dream |
| May 22, 2006 | Inman News, Loan Fraud ‘Epidemic’ Sweeping the Country |
| May 6, 2006 | Realty Times, Cash Back at Closing: Appealing Arrangement or Sinister Scam |
| April 9, 2006 | Wall Street Journal, Home is where the fraud is |
| April 5, 2006 | East Bay Express, Dirty Deeds |
| March Edition | Mortgage Originator, The Many Faces of Mortgage Fraud |
| March 30, 2006 | Realty Times, “Bonnie and Clyde” Mortgage Broker Caught In Texas |
| March 29, 2006 | East Bay Express, Dirty Deeds – Real-estate fraud has become epidemic as home prices have surged skyward |
| March 10, 2006 | Inman News, Industry watchdogs warn of credit-booster sites |
| February 23, 2006 | Online Independent, How do you keep from becoming a victim? |
| February 15, 2006 | Chicago Tribune, Obama Durban Propose Federal Mortgage Reforms |
| December 18, 2005 | Sun News, Convicted Real Estate Investor Could Go To Jail For Life |
| December 18, 2005 | Investor’s Business Daily, Mortgage Scams Rising Along with Home Prices |
| December 17, 2005 | Dallas News, Neighborhood Crime that Alarms Can’t Prevent |
| December 10, 2005 | Baltimore Independent Media Center, ECON 101: Mortgage Fraud Website |
| December 4, 2005 | About.com, Mortgage Fraud a Growing Problem |
| November 28, 2005 | American Banker, Loan Performance Pitches Fraud Score |
| November 16, 2005 | Inman News, Industry Watchdogs Warn of Site Selling Fake Paycheck Stubs |
| November 1, 2005 | Mortgage Banking Magazine, Fighting Mortgage Fraud |
| October 7, 2005 | American Banker, Lenders Pressed on Fraud Prevention Efforts |
| October 4, 2005 | USA Today, Fraud Booms with Mortgage Market |
| August, 30 2005 | Fulton County Daily Report, How the Lure of Easy Money Landed a DeKalb Attorney in Federal Prison |
| August 10, 2005 | Inman News, 100 Most Influential Real Estate People |
| July 5, 2005 | Inman News, Watchdogs Warn of Real Estate Investment Offer |
| July 11, 2005 | Inman News, Feds Target Mortgage-Elimination Scheme |
| June 17, 2005 | Inman News, Crackdown on Loan Servicing Fraud |
| June 12, 2005 | Sun Sentinel, The Scary World of Identity Theft |
| May 6, 2005 | Inman News, Georgia Cracks Down on Real Estate Fraud |
| May 5, 2005 | CBS News, CBS Special Report – Sold Out, Unit 5 Investigates Real Estate Business |
| March 8, 2005 | Inman News, Five Indicted in 10 Million Fraud Scheme |
| December 15, 2005 | Sacramento Bee, Firm Says it Can Make Mortgages Go Away – Judge Calls it a Scam |
| December 14, 2005 | The Journal News, Mortgage Fraud Thrives in Ohio |
| December 8, 2004 | Inman News, Crackdown on Mortgage Elimination Schemes |
| December 12, 2004 | Inman News, Attorney Blogs to Prevent Real Estate Fraud |
| November 8, 2004 | The Legal Description, Industry Skullduggery; The Who, What, Where, When and How of Mortgage Fraud – Part I |
| December 17, 2001 | Real Estate Finance Today, Busier Times, More Time for Mistakes |