If you are in MA, just google "Foreclosure rescue scam" for all the information and rules you could ever want.

I have other things going on with other clients and listings too that I must devote time to as well, but if I'm not actively engaged with buyers wanting to make offers, I'm doing them a disservice.

Kind of had me worried I might be getting scammed lol.

Will take about a year or so since I would only be able to devote weekends to working on it.4.

@Rich Perrin why would you even bother with someone who you thought they might be a scam???

Big scam.

It's really hard there to get people out for non payment, to the point where there are professional tenants who specialize in scamming free rent. 

When Signing the contract, the attorney asked me to write 4 checks.1. downpayment (5%)2. courier fee ($180)3. title fee ($850)4. survey ($500)5. his fee ($1500)This is actually my second house, but I don't recalled being asked for survey, title, and courier fee on the day of signing the contract.Could it be possible that this attorney trying to scam me?

When we started the rehab, it became apparent that he just did not have the time to devote to being over at the property working on it so some of the stuff that we initially planned on him doing, we had to move to having our contractor do.

I'd say he ran into trouble from poor spending habits and a scam that cost him any savings he might have had.