That is how it goes.There are a very small minority of wholesale deals that are fraudulent and people get taken advantage of.

Kind of dissapointed to hear many regulars won't be able to attend. ive been annoying and arguing with people on this site for ~5 years and I wanted the opportunity to show them face to face that it's not just a facade for the internet, I'm combative and annoying in real life too.But very happy to know you'll be attending. 😉😉😉 Exciting times yo!

In addition, PayPal is known to freeze money on accounts they believe may be involved in fraudulent activity.

And furthermore, just because there are lawsuits, doesn't mean it is fraudulent. 

@Andrew Lebed theoretically you could do that, but that may open the door to fraudulent activity.It's best to take LEGAL steps that will not alert the lender to the transfer of ownership.

Airbnb has announced a two-year pilot program in Oregon that eliminates guest names and photos from host screening as a way to see if it combats illegal anti-black discrimination.  

So during this time we had soldiers in European theatre as part of transition, Pacific transitioning, and Korea in active combat. 

That is, unless you have combat military, or police experience.I don't know what city you live in, but in very many, the police are happy to get and act on a tip.

I use a hold harmless and indemnification clause or agreement in everything almost, and I always agree to indemnify the other guy for basically what I would probably be held respobsible for anyway, like a fraudulent act, on the other hand, in consideration for my agreement, I require that they protect me for other matters that I might be concerned with.

I'm not being combative, but as a very active CDPE Broker, I'd love to see any links/documents that show where a non broker done short sale has ever closed.