Fortune Builders for a person with a little knowledge will not be impressed and if you are a person like me that asks questions you will smell scam a mile away.

I just didn't want to make it possible for him to sue me.First, I wrote a negative review about him on a very popular niche-related site (like BiggerPockets in your case; just be careful if they have a common name so that you don't hurt someone unrelated) and his business using this title to make sure that it ranked in the top 10 any time somebody searched for him or his business:"Joe Blow of Joe Blow's X in San Diego, CA: An Honest Review After He Didn't Finish the Job AREA CODE + PHONE NUMBER"I was careful to make sure that I just stuck to the facts and didn't call him names or use words like "scam" or "ripped off."

The other one lied on her application,  but is still there and some outside group is falling for her scam and paying her rent.I was planning to get many more houses there. 

As with all areas, there are plenty of scam artists, and you can read plenty of articles about the Indy ones. 

The ways in which someone can trick or scam you in real estate are numerous so it would be difficult to comment specifically based on what you've provided, but just the fact that someone took the time to go to a meetup and give you a business card offering to provide their service in and of itself isn't sketchy.

Scammed by our partner who had 10% of the house, asked for a lot of money to do rehab, then asked us to get loan on the house (originally purchased in cash), scammed by lender, ended up paying $8000 for lender fee etc, had to hire someone to rehab for the job he never completed, so spent ~10k after we kicked him out.

As with all areas, there are the good guys and scam artists - I would love to help connect you with the good guys. 

When you post something in certain categories, you may quickly receive inquiries asking to send you a code "so they can make sure your real" or have you email them. this is a major scam.

@Ayana Rose this was a smart move as you probably would've been scammed or highly taken advantage of during the transaction.My lenders are comfortable at 75% LTV and I have a small hand that will go to 80% LTV in LARGE markets.

I'm using do hard money I have read they low ball on the evaluation for arv is this true can they use foreclosures for arv. I have 4 h pi use in the area that sold for over 130 one on the market for 150 and the rest r...