If you have attorneys representing both buyer and seller with their clients best interest at heart there should be less scams and people being taken advantage of.

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Google Clayton Morris scam and/or Morris Invest scam for a cautionary tale of what not to do when buying turnkey real estateUnderstand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Google Clayton Morris scam and/or Morris Invest scam for a cautionary tale of what not to do when buying turnkey real estateUnderstand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

Also, it is likely the address is being used as a "scam address" for items purchased on stolen credit cards.

Seniors not only make mistakes but are also targets of scams.

Now it’s a 2,000 less It’s a scam.

This is absolutely a scam and could be an easy tip folks give to help newbies. 

I will be moving to a new town soon that has a much better market for me to invest in to kick off my journey in real estate.I have read alot here, but never came across something like this question.My current landlord claims she doesn't own a property I am renting, but she is the owner of this and many properties per tax assessors documents.She has avoided answering the question about where I send my new address a few times now causing me to dig up the public records.Am I about to get scammed out of my deposit?

If a scammer had to give their credit card and pay $9 per ad, it would stop most every scam.

I'm not trying to scam app fees out of people, just trying to get rid of tire kickers who want to waste my time.