Legal advocates are hoping that some sort of an agreement can be worked out to keep Jeanne Wenneberg in her home. They say that this case, in addition to the one reported on yesterday, illustrates a pattern and a problem.

Eighty-year-old Jeannie Wenneberg has lived more than half her life in her Gilroy home. She owned the home and tended the garden for 42 years. Now Wenneberg is days away from being evicted.

Jeannie Wenneberg, former homeowner:

"It's robbed me of my dignity, my good credit, my security, my good name."

Eighty-one-year-old Rena Barton knows those emotions. Barton was evicted from her Gilroy home yesterday.

Both women say they got behind in their original mortgage payments and when they thought they had found help, they were rushed into signing papers they didn't understand.

Rena Barton, evicted:

"Just hurrying you along and we thought if we didn't get it signed by five o'clock the foreclosure would go on the home."

An attorney from the Fair Housing Law Project says Wenneberg was not facing foreclosure. The law project has filed civil suits for fraud and elder abuse in both real estate deals.

Annette Kirkham, Fair Housing Law Project attorney:

"Ultimately the deed to her home was given to someone else. She in effect sold her home without being aware of what the transaction was."

Jeff Hoffman is a Fresno real estate investor who now owns both Barton's and Wenneberg's homes.

His business addresses is a P.O. Box at a packing and mailing store in Fresno. Hoffman declined an on camera interview, but told ABC7 over the phone, "this is all very, very above board."

He said both women knew the terms of the real estate contract and added that they are at fault for not living up to the agreement.

Legal advocates say it's Hoffman who is preying on vulnerable homeowners to cheat them out of their property.

Jeannie Wenneberg is devastated.

Jeanne Wenneberg: "It's like a big, bad dream."

The Law Project is hoping that a judge will delay Wenneberg's eviction.