Of course the price to rent ratio has really nothing to do with profitability as it is more, as you should know, a marketing scam to entice novice investors to less profitable properties.  

It sounded like a good thing but in all reality I think this type of thing is a huge scam. 

Or would you choose a company that seemingly has done this a ton of times before, that looks professional and trustworthy with experience.False or not, a company seems less likely to be scamming me than some dude off the streets claiming he can "buy my house in cash when he can't even afford a printer".Listen, I know what you are all saying.

I recently had a post "Out of State Investing-SCAM!

When someone gets screwed over by one of these unlicensed broker scam artists...the victim has to file a lawsuit at their expense. 

@Chuy GonzalezEmotional support is the biggest scam going. 

Successes will think it was a bargain, horrors will claim it's a scam.

come on, give the guy some slack. there is a distinction between a lie and a scam. he is not trying to cheat money out of somebody. he just wanted to make it more directed to him for whatever purpose it worked until he told truth. he could have said nothing and moved on. up till then this is the best thread I read on bp about 1031 which I have deep doubts. he should get some credit for that. don't make it a bigger deal than what it is!

Use your "gut" to be able to steer away from scams, bad deals, and bad life choices that will bring you down.

The land bank is run by the county so I know it's not a scam but at the same time I have to protect my interest and that means doing due diligence.