So...no...no one is jealous of a guy like that...just sorry that others got duped.Third, if you were selling the idea that you could turn lead into gold....you would definitely raise some eyebrows...maybe even get some folks to pay you for the privilege of listening to your program....but here's the difference (and, frankly, it's more than disconcerning that you don't get this) you sold them on the fact that they could turn LEAD into GOLD, not turn LEAD PAINTED GOLD....and that young man is the difference...they are not dupes...you sir are a criminal...it's called fraud....easy to figure in your scam...harder in the real estate game...but it's all the same.So when you sell your next property, and bill it as having "unique plumbing" (or whatever) and then justify the sale by fact that the buyer should have been more savvy....just remember that someone trusted you...and you screwed them over for a buck...because in your words they were "silly to give it to you". 

@Jeff Copeland it was fraud if they said they were an owner occupant because the house was listed, marketed, and sold as a rehab!!

Does land fraud and mortgage fraud ring any bells, violates RESPA, if the buyer or seller uses the mail in the transaction, you have mail fraud, wire any money from one lender to another depository, wire fraud.

@Harpreet Walia You have to tell them it is for an investment or it is mortgage fraud.

You're playing with loan fraud if you try to circumvent it.

I don't imagine that this is a widespread problem, as in an identically-formatted post, no one has complained.If you are truly interested in seeing all the pictures in ways that have been expertly manicured by Techies that will fit sate your deepest desires for perfectly-sized pictures of flips, feel free to PM me, and I can provide you with a link to the pictures, which BP will not allow me to post on here.

When this happened, there was a lot of fraud around driving up the price of a property in a short time without improving the property.

In equity deals however, you may receive quarterly returns, but the accrued returns can disappear, along with your principal if this type of fraud occurs. 

I am not trying to commit mortgage fraud or anything, but just trying to what is best for my situation.Any advice is appreciated.

Wow based on multiple input from variety of reliable contributors looks like Mr.Cohen is fraud and swindler, who run financial pyramid scheme using new investor funds to pay off old investors.