He scammed a lot of people out of a lot up-front of money.

You can't do a ton of vetting otherwise people will just to elsewhere.

As a community I think we should focus on helping people who have had their housing situation negatively impacted recover as quickly as possible.

@Nina Erlandson I have not used them before personally but I work in the insure-tech space and know some people there.

Some clients love the numbers and others are not numbers people.

Hello BP community,It's nice to see so many discussions from like minded people!

This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

If the applicant comes from the pool of people that I or my tenants know, I use real estate as a way to give back as many of my tenants will not qualify credit wise or may even have a criminal background or would struggle for another reason if I were to just stick to the "background/credit check" criteria. 

First of all, let me pay my respects to the hardworking people in real estate and the treacherous waters they navigate—fronting hours of effort with only the chance of commissions and an abundance of non-forthright people out there.

Then, after I had experience and several wins, people were willing to partner with me on deals, or lend to me in second position for a short period of time to help with the down payment and with repairs and then I would pay them back when I would refinance.