If you did and had problems leave them a review with the Better Business Bureau, here and also contact the FTC Consumer Protection division.

I'm SURE you mis-spoke and meant to say, he's a close friend that I am trying to help but it was not my intention to "fix his credit".Debt Relief and Credit Repair Scams"The FTC has brought scores of law enforcement actions against these bogus credit-related services, and the agency has partnered with the states to bring hundreds of additional lawsuits"SOME CASEShttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/consumer-finance/debt...Financial Education Services (August 5, 2024 )Panda Benefit Services, LLC., FTC v.

The bottom line is this: Concealment is not asset protection, proper (time consuming and expensive, I know) management, and good, prudent, practices (ditto), WHICH ARE ADHERED TO, and insurance (expensive), are needed for asset protection.

2- if there is a “problem” Will the “solution” discussed solve it in a cost effective, consumer accepted way?

I’ve been manually scouring Zillow/MLS for deals, but it’s time-consuming, and I’d love to streamline this.2.Has anyone experimented with using machine learning models (like classifiers or regression models) to rate properties based on their condition from MLS listing photos?

remember, these are NOT conforming loans, so all the consumer protections one might be used to having aren't there.

There is an inherent difference between people who expect, and people who appreciate.On the flip side, there are only so many hours in a day, and when someone constantly asking for advice becomes so time consuming that it takes away from my own business activities, then I think it's quite reasonable to expect that I be compensated for my time. 

Unfortunately, that is an expensive time-consuming process.

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I think broader consumer taste is killing malls, which includes online shopping, but also even where people are choosing to live and how they are spending their time/money, more broadly.I worked for a company that bought a failing mall back in 2012 (online shopping was "killing retail" then too), redeveloped most of it into more open air power center and sold.