Harbor Place is in receivership , Happy Holly scandal , University Of Md board back room deals , and on and on . 

Thanks @Jay HinrichsWill call my title company (run by an attorney) on Monday.Could be very interesting if everything gets wiped out.There are a few buildings throughout the state that were placed into receivership because of a fraud scandal.  

https://www.housingwire.com/articles/46496-inside-the-scandal-that-could-explode-multifamily-real-estateSo here we have it.

I agree they have changed a lot since then: The ousting or resignation (who knows exactly what happened) of the CEO and takeover by his brother (with no public announcement of what happened), the scandal with the CFO accusing them of impropriety and the company counter-accusing the CFO of extortion, and then the complete change of the business model from accredited investors to nonaccredited eReit. 

Back in the late 80s the IRS changed the rules about passive losses from real estate and many properties lost value, one of the early dominos in the Savings and Loan Scandal from back then.  

Others are just plain outlaws trying to bring their scandalous ways to investing.

That tax reform created the Savings and Loan Scandal.  

I have an entire Bandit Sign Scandal story on my website that you guys might want to check out.

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Since Wells Fargo is the worst offender in banking scandals and they operate a pretty corrupt business I'd prefer not to work with them, but they do offer up to $500,000 for a HELOC on an investment property (versus the more reputable PenFed Credit Union which only offers up to $400,000 and a lower interest rate).