And in Peter Harris case it looks like a scam and sounds like a scam.

Sometimes it’s surrendering the ability to get your money back at all… see this thread on Norada Capitalhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/960/topics/1196567-nora...Unrelated to any investment I have made or even real estate, I have watched both my parents fall victim to clever marketing scams where they lost a combined 6 figure sums - both from in person marketed investments… so not something like a phone scam… but was a private placement “opportunity” not unlike how a syndications are offered, where management siphoned off investor money and used it for their own purposes.   

That is a 99.97% FAILURE rate.Yet you happily listen to those who tell you to do MORE of a strategy with a 0.03% success rate.Come on man.My mission here is to stop all these scamming gurus fill this industry with all sorts of crap to justify you spending thousands on lists, mailers, SMS. 

He'll scurry off and run his scam on someone else.

. - We've found issues where owners was NOT on the deed and was scammed- We've also had to patiently explain to owners that since an LLC owned the property, that the management contract had to be in the LLC name and we needed proof they could sign for the LLC.2) Property Taxes: we make sure we know the status, to avoid tax foreclosure issues.- Took over several properties for an out-of-country owner last year that we're in the midst of tax foreclosure.

Has anyone ever purchased these pre-construction condos with little to no issues (mainly no scam)?

If that is you please DM me as I am struggling to find any legit reviews good or bad unless it is straight off his website or from angry people screaming scam alert without actually having done anything with it.

There's a higher risk of being scammed on deals like that. 

Don't buy the same scam twice, really think about how these investments are placed.The more drastic issue will be energy procurement and energy grids.

Otherwise, an S8 tenant has no incentive to report a water leak or running toilet.4) Give them an inch & they want a mile: tenants that aren't working, or barely working, have nothing but time on their hands to come up with ways to scam their landlords. $5 to these people is a bid deal!