CA Special Form Needed to Buy Houses?

[Becky Watkins]

We got a strange voicemail from one of our yellow letters. "I got these little notes you sent me. Is this some sort of joke?" I was reluctant to call back, but when we did, the call was not what I expected.

I thought it was just htat the person was confused, which is not surprising, but then he went on to say that he has been doing trustee something (it was hard to understand him) for 35 years and that he got sued once for not filing something right. He was asking us if we have a special form from the state of California to buy houses. If not, we could be sued for triple damages. I was so confused. I haven't reviewed the contracts and paperwork we have, but of course I'd have the entire transaction reviewed by an attorney first. We tried to explain that we don't do short sales or go to auctions, in case that was what he was referring to, but he kept insisting "I know exactly what you guys are doing."

Since he was kind of rude and I got bad vibes from him overall, I'm eager to brush the whole thing off, but I'm wondering if there is any validity to his statements. We tried asking him what he was referring to, but he said that he doesn't know the name offhand, but we need to read the penal code.

I know I'm probably not explaining it well so please ask questions. I can't think of the correct search terms for this. Google asked if I meant treble damages, but that didn't make sense. I'll continue to research and make sure we have professional legal guidance when we get our first deal, but I'm hoping some of you could shed some light on what this guy possibly meant. Thanks.