The firm you were trying out was likely a boutique firm or a scam.

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I know there is alot of scams going on and people promise things but I was told you could do a hard money loan and use a bond as collateral.

Any idea's on what other type of scam this dirt bag could be running?

Anthony,Surely you're not asking us for help in how to scam this program out of a down payment.

She provided documentation to show it was against someone else with the same name but not her (it didn't show up on the tenant screening report; she scammed me but that's another story), and paid an extra month's rent in advance.

Why would anyone fill out anything until they look at the property and the reason I say that is there are a lot of scams out, there were people looking forward to getting personal info?

It's also indicated that such deals can be the sell, finance, foreclose, rinse and repeat scam which is a real good definition for predatory lending.

I don't want anything from them at all and just want to see people enjoy the process and not get taken by the incredible number of traps and scams out there.

That will fool only a few people, looks like a scam, and maybe was a scam.