Mini-update: Dragging out the foreclosure is now a conspiracy directed specifically at Phil by MidFirst, now he claims they are deliberately slow-walking things because the Connectikhando is appreciating and selling it later = larger profit at his expense. This isn't just a conspiracy theory either, his strip-mall lawyer who said trolls shouldn't have access to documents in the public record agrees with him!
The idea that MidFirst wouldn't care when foreclosure sales are postponed until at least June by executive order and judges might have higher priorities does not appear to have occurred to him either. For the record he appears to be correct if you trust Zillow listings - it has gone up from about $65,000
to about $98,000. I am not sure how this interacts with the motion for strict foreclosure and would appreciate it if a real lawyer like
@AnOminous could weigh in but it obviously can't hurt him.
But back to laughing at Phil, anyone who thinks Zillow estimates right now mean anything is being silly: The same executive order that makes Phil a low priority is also the only thing keeping millions of people from eviction or foreclosure. When the order lapses and landlords/banks can begin enforcing foreclosure claims again, it's going to be even worse than 2008.
EDIT: Also why the hell did his bankruptcy lawyer advise him to default over a short sale then? If she knew it was not only plausible but likely the sale could end up dragged out, the responsible thing to do would have been to tell him that up-front and explain the relative merits of short selling vs. risking a prolonged foreclosure.
Either that or Phil could be putting words in another person's mouth because he realizes nobody takes his opinion seriously, whichever is more likely.