Are these sites usually scams or is it worth investing a few dollars in them?

Top thoughts are; Drug money and scam.

I am interested in out of state buying, but in my business I see a lot of folks scammed so I am proceeding very slowly.

The sad truth is that there are so many real estate investing scams out there that you need to be very cautious about who you trust.

But for an absolute beginner who's never purchased a property, I feel confident I've learned enough to begin with a positive cash flow.I'm just writing this review so other Canadians know Marc's not a crook or scam when it comes to training.

Goes for the gurus, authors and mentors too.The CFPB has a hotline (for lenders) to have questions answered, you might get through to speak to them and get something from the horse's mouth.Before you get involved in any financing transaction of any kind, see your attorney (one familiar with financing issues, not just RE).Passing off "Rent-to-Own" deals is really the target of regulators as far as RE investors goes, more consumers get screwed in these "scams" than any other that I know of.

You probably will have a few frustrating months, then decide real estate investing is a scam, doesn't work, or whatever other excuse people who fail use.

They were trying pull one over on the landlord and he's not playing.So, now 'Frank' is trying to come up with a way to continue to scam the landlord.

I'll you what, though, I thank my own intuition every time I think about how they could have scammed me out of big money.In short, there is no substitute for hard work and lessons from the school of hard knocks.

Although your marketing certainly does have the potential to be a fairly deceiving, so long as your investors actually understand the risk profile of their highly leveraged purchases, it may not be an out-and-out scam.