FBI now investigating ... hows life in a camper van Chimene ??

If this were a brick and mortar bank (now I switched to one), this would have been flagged to me before the bank took the action of refunding the money, triggering an investigation.

Just read through some of these articles and you'll get the idea.https://www.indystar.com/story/news/investigations/2020/05/06/clayton-morris-bert-whalen-accused-by-indiana-attorney-general-deceptive-home-sales/5175543002/https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2020/01/31/who-can-you-trust-in-the-real-estate-investing-business/#720fb12c356fhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...https://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.newsweek.com/clayt...https://www.usatoday.com/story...https://thehill.com/homenews/m...https://www.mediamatters.org/f...https://fox59.com/2019/03/26/e...Clayton Morris Lawsuit Case No. 1:18-cv-02797-WTL-DMLhttps://onedrive.live.com/?

I did not investigate further but took them at their word.

Quote from @Josie Sandoval: You'll have to investigate.

However, this nightmare of false accusations makes me hesitant.My thoughts are: 1) Ideally, Facebook has genuine investigation resources to rectify the damage caused, and 2) I hope the Facebook group will accept your husband’s explanation.

I will consider your suggestion's particularly the investigating of the local real estate market here (or as a minimum use it as a guide for if/when i return to the states as so to develop my research and planning skills).Appreciate your feedback.  

This is a great place to learn and further investigate investing in real estate.

I dont know the area, or the county for that matter, whatsoever.I did some preliminary due diligence on Clinton, including 5-year population trends, demographics, rental rates published, and some other region-specific data. 

PRELIM LAND PLANNING- do a preliminary layout, please remember stream buffers, specimen trees, ANY jurisdictional waters (its a good idea to have you county water systems guy come walk your property with you to verify any jurisdictional water systems and what the required state and county buffers are for those systems).