Hello BP community! My name is Tinah, a brand new real estate investor in Worcester County, MA and I ran into a few problems on my first transaction (details on a previous post). And, as if it that were not enough, a ...

I have read some horror stories of this (Google SDIRA scams, there are many). 

That lowball offer was from, I'm guessing, a wholesaler, and the agent wanted to assure me that it was a "scam."

I received a $69.93 check a few weeks ago (fyi I invested 5k into Nuurez back in January 2021) in the mail, which was interesting considering in October we received an email asking for our bank information so they could deposit the dividends into our account directly … I don’t want to believe this investment is a total scam just yet, I think it’s going to require patience, however their communication is absolutely bogus and unfortunate.

Recently, the high demand and lack of inventory has presented an opportunity for scam artists.

Even the local police called me to confirm I wasn't scamming this person. 

I get a large response because its a really nice house in a really nice area, so I spent considerable amount of time talking, emailing, showing, reviewing, screening, etc.That and now that it’s been listed, delisted, and listed again I fear I’ll have a more difficult time because people will assume either there is something wrong with the house, or it’s a scam.To be honest, I’m a little worried these people are scamming me, we will be holding funds until the check is completely cleared and will be following up with the bank.

Is this a scam or something I should look into? 

I thought it was a bit suspicious if they matched the 1500 they could stay and could just be used as a loophole to unsuspecting tenants.

directmail dot com is apparently a scam (20% of the email addresses were garbage too)Miscalculated the stamps