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27 November 2024 | 48 replies
(Or a lot if you're dealing with a scam turnkey company, of which, unfortunately, there are a decent number.)BRRRR is much more active, you buy a fixer as you note, oversee the rehab yourself and then either manage yourself or find a manager for.
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17 November 2024 | 6 replies
Hey @Olivia ArmstrongBuy downs are not a scam!
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26 November 2024 | 25 replies
This is what can go wrong when you have beginners wholesaling who have no training in real estate, no experienced managing broker to go to for advice, no license, no E&O insurance, no knowledge of how to avoid scams, no regulatory body to answer to, no relationships with other quality people in the industry like title companies, lenders, contractors that they can refer to help people, etc.
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16 November 2024 | 32 replies
The amount of spam & scams ebbs and flows in response to things that might have little to do with BP, and again sometimes that means response is a trailing effect.
19 November 2024 | 10 replies
They will think you are running a tenant screening/tenant application fee collection scam.
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20 November 2024 | 31 replies
There’s a funny Key and Peele comedy sketch called “ You can’t con a con artist when you’re also a con artist” where two scammers try to scam each other without realizing the other is a scammer.
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26 November 2024 | 44 replies
Higher Fraud Risk: More susceptible to fraud or scams; verify seller's identity and property ownership.
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14 November 2024 | 24 replies
Yea quickly is there any way of finding out whether he and his company are legit and are doing what they say they do and not just scamming people.Anyways thank you again and look forward to hearing from you guys on your thoughts..Sincerely Clinton This sounds like a scam.
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18 November 2024 | 12 replies
And my current car unfortunately isn’t a big help either, because I kinda let myself get scammed as a dumb 18 year old.