I didn't even want to dig deeper because the stated ROI was too low and the expected rent was too low comparing with the price.I felt that they are trying to milk the "California Buyers" because there are not so many good deals here.

Not to be flip, but did you also offer them a warm glass of milk and a cookie?  

Plaintiff is informed and believes and alleges thereon that Defendants Don Fullman, PIP East, LLC, Lena Sells, and Charles Sells breach included but was not limited to self-dealing (e.g. skimming off of the investments and revenue from the sale of the tax liens and foreclosures); failed to disclose accurate accountings to Plaintiff; and failed to title over properties or disclose it did not have the property to title over when it executed the Settlement Agreement (breaching a duty of loyalty).88.

Simply sounds like to me the sellers know how to work the system.If you had to move today for a short sale you received no benefit for and then clean the place and then move somewhere else and pay deposits and first months rent it's doubtful the seller has this money.So they have most likely told their agent if we get money to move we will do the short sale but NO if not.Other times the sellers have no intention of selling but list the property to appease the lender to give them more months of free rent not paying the mortgage and then accept and offer to get the lender to give them even more time on top of that to close it.The seller then creates roadblocks to stall the sale.From their perspective they can milk it through foreclosure and wait even a few more months for eviction and get cash for keys.So if they get 3 months more free rent at 1,500 a pop and 5k cash for keys that is almost a 10k benefit for them by NOT doing a short sale.I haven't worked in the residential short sale side for over 3 years.How investors use to handle this and I don't know if they still do it today but they would buy some of the sellers junk for inflated prices with a personal property bill of sale.This got the sellers some cash out of the deal to move.This wasn't illegal years ago but processes and rules have been added since then so don't know if it can be used today.

If you rent from her knowing she's pocketing the money (that's called "rent skimming") you might be considered to be involved with defrauding the bank.Could you actually buy the house?

Just keep in mind that real estate agents or others are not trained in financial law or regulation beyond skimming the surface, whatever.

Unless everything you do is charitable and you're squeezing out a Mother Teresa lifestyle, everyone in the system is skimming something off as their profit, and to suggest otherwise is disingenuous.

Reddit, trulia forums etc.Now skim through the forums and find the words people are ACTUALLY typing in.

., stating that we can't skim on education and thus on expensive FB Mastery course), but then in the other "It's funny how people will pay 40,000 and more for a college education" (by the way, in which reputable college can you get a BA/BS or MA/MS for $40,000 in U.S.?)

if you have to paint over it, skim coat the seams with spackle.