All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

The new forum layout is awful.  How do we get back to the old forum layout?

I was entertained!

In fact I might actually pop for Pro membership if it included access to a secret forum where its just curated links to all the duke-em-outs that happen sometimes on here. LOL

 Right?? This happens a lot here, fake spam accounts with no profile picture and spending WAYY too much energy defending or promoting some sketchy business but not interacting with the forum otherwise at all.... even going so far as to outline in detail how the system operates.. like a totally normal person would, of course.   

Phoney baloney.

It's not 2011 anymore, in my market its very rare for a foreclosure to even become a REO (aka bank-owned), they get snapped up at the auction.. Same with short sales I imagine, probably wholesalers and other investors are negotiating with the owner as soon as they go lis pendens. It's rare to see either on the MLS lately.

I think you can post nearly any aspect of the property or analysis except maybe phone numbers or anything you agreed to keep confidential.... i see people posting mls listings, spreadsheet screenshots, etc..

The numbers you posted above looked good on the surface. 

There are a lot of scam lenders, they ask for fees before the funding which somehow never happens. I also mark those message as spam myself, i dont believe that sort of solicitation is allowed here. i would avoid anyone sending those sorts of messages here. 

Maybe the last 3 lists? They do look kind of spammy since the descriptions are so strange.  Instead of phrases like "dogs playing poker" and "quentin tarantino" (which make zero sense to me) maybe put the BR/BA mix and the cross streets, don't try and get too cute with it. "just the facts maam"

I have also had posts removed when I was putting "discriminatory" things like "no smokers" or "no evictions", removing those phrases kept my ads up.

If you are selling your house, ask them to refer you to a realtor and put it on the market so you can get fair market value

Hopefully your decision is to walk away from this, you've got several people in here telling you this is not a good deal.  

If you are having trouble finishing the house due to financial strain, do not sue anyone until you are in a better financial position, especially not the bank.  Legal costs will bury you.

Put priority #1 on getting that house done and sold, or refinanced, whatever gets you back on stable ground.  Then you can go after people to recoup your losses. However keep all notes, records, photos, screenshots, emails, text messages etc in the meantime.

Until then, know you are not alone and I am sorry this happened to you. Getting ripped off in this game is unfortunately too common.  Here's a thread about something similar happening here in my city, this person got ripped off by TWO different bad contractors and a bad wholesaler, and lost a bunch of money:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/...