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Editor’s Note:  The JOBS Act is perhaps the most significant change to U.S. Securities Laws in a generation.  DailyDAC, LLC launched www.accreditedinvestormarkets.com to make the universe of alternative investments understandable and accessible to the “average” accredited investor.   The second in this innovative series, About Bob Installment 2, discusses what kind of alternative investment opportunities are available to accredited investors. 
 
What Kind Of Alternative Investment Opportunities Are Available to Accredited Investors?
By: Vanessa Schoenthaler and Jonathan Friedland
The very point of being an accredited investor is that there is a whole world of alternative investment opportunities available to you that are not available to non-accredited investors.  And, if you are an accredited investor, it would be irrational for you to not at least consider including some of those alternative investments in a well-balanced, diversified investment portfolio.  However, before you can properly consider where, if at all, alternative investments fit into your portfolio, you must first understand what the world of alternative investments looks like and where to access such opportunities.

In Oregon, homeowners who want to challenge a non-judicial foreclosure can now opt for mediation. They pay two hundred dollars in order to meet with a housing counselor, then sit down with both a state-sanctioned mediator and a representative of the bank. While Consumer advocates anticipate many homes will still be foreclosed, the hope is that those who are still capable of making mortgage payments will be able to renegotiate their loans. This modification to the foreclosure process is currently available only in non-judicial foreclosure. For a variety of reasons, lenders have in the last year or so shifted to initiating judicial foreclosure through the courts.
It is hoped that changes to Oregon’s mortgage mediation program allowing the mediation option in judicial foreclosure will be enacted by the 2013 Oregon legislature.The state senators who negotiated the foreclosure mediation program have said they want to expand mediation requirements to judicial foreclosures, since more lenders are going through the courts.
IF you are in the midst of a judicial foreclosure, there is no need to go it alone. Contact the Northwest Debt Relief Law Firm at 503-232-5303 or 206-674-4559. We would be more than happy to help.
The original post is titled Mediation and Oregon Judicial Foreclosure? , and it came from Oregon Bankruptcy Lawyer | Portland, Salem, and Vancouver, Wa .

As part of our efforts to bring you the latest information on restructuring and bankruptcy issues, we at the Bankruptcy Blog are rolling out a new series called “What We’re Watching.”  Once a month, we will preview to our readers the cases on appeal that we are monitoring.  We’ll be sure to post updates periodically with the latest developments on those appeals.  Below are some of the issues on appeal that have caught our eye this month:
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