According to the article in 2015 consumers lost ~$9 million from this fraud vs nearly half a billion dollars in 2022.A Silicon Valley executive had $400,000 stolen by cybercriminals while buying a home.

Of course he also withholds half the rent.

I've been on both sides: self-managed 3 dozen for 19 years, then had a PM for half my last 2 years.  

We upload all of the invoices... actually, we have about half of our vendors upload them by themselves. 

In my opinion that means it's really worth $10,000 because the other half goes straight to the person selling you the course.

All the other homes within a half mile are listed around $3,100 - $3,500.

After a year and a half, he wanted the loan paid off.

You’re making the classic mistake of pursuing a deal just because the property owner didn’t give you a quick no.If you want to pursue for some reason just make them an offer that’s good for you and after they reject it you can go forward with finding a deal that can be purchased at an “investor” price - or at “investor” terms.Here’s my bias - I don’t waste my time worrying about how much the seller paid, how much he invested, how much he owes, the asking price, what his motivation is (which is probably a lie or “half truth” anyway), whether he’ll be “insulted” by my offer, whether he’ll “like” me or “hate” me.  

It's in every single lease I've seen from PM companies ( over half a dozen).

Hey Zac, although I'm not near Ohio State university I'm just an hour and half in Cincinnati.