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FLAG ON THE PLAY: Tiffany Burress is On the Verge of Losing Her “Ritzy” Home Due to Mounting Legal Trouble

Republican Tiffany Burress’s campaign for Congress in New Jersey’s 9th District has gotten off to a bit of a false start. 

Her latest flag: The Jersey Vindicator is reporting that Burress is “on the verge of losing [her] ritzy North Jersey home to foreclosure just as Burress embarks on her first political campaign.” 

And as Burress stumbles, her primary opponent Rosemary Pino is laying into her online, saying that “you can’t prop up out-of-touch candidates.”

DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin:
“D.C. Republicans’ latest New Jersey recruitment failure is an unserious candidate with a mountain of legal trouble. They’ve fumbled the ball.” 

Read about Burress’s legal and financial troubles for yourself:
  • GOP congressional hopeful Tiffany Burress and her ex-NFL star husband are on the verge of losing their ritzy North Jersey home to foreclosure just as Burress embarks on her first political campaign.
  • Burress, a personal injury attorney running for the Republican nomination in New Jersey’s 9th Congressional District, bought the palatial $1.5 million home on Huntington Terrace in Totowa with her husband, Plaxico, more than two decades ago, according to court records.
  • But after a series of financial missteps and an earlier brush with foreclosure, the couple stopped paying the mortgage’s monthly installments, court records show.
  • “Defendants defaulted under the terms of the note and mortgage by failing to make the payment due on November 1, 2024, and remain in default,” court documents read.
  • Last January, the U.S. Bank Trust Company sent the Burresses a notice of intention to foreclose, then moved forward with the proceedings in May.
  • It’s not clear how the looming troubles will affect Burress’ political future.
  • But the Burress family has its own baggage, especially when it comes to financial troubles.
  • The couple twice modified their $897,000 loan — once in 2016 and again in 2019 — which eventually extended the maturity date to November 2059, court records show.
  • After they signed the second modification on Dec. 10, 2019, the Burresses were responsible for an unpaid principal balance of $862,000 at a 5% interest rate, records said.
  • Neither Tiffany Burress, her attorneys nor her campaign responded to several requests for comment.
  • It’s not the first time the couple has fought with the bank.

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