I was taken advantage of on mold remediation a few years ago and these subjects I definitely think unsuspecting people can be taken advantage of.

Most owners are in buy mode and not sell mode unless they get a crazy unbelievable offer or the place is located in a crap hole D to F area being pushed off as a B- location to the unsuspecting investor.If you have limited experience with multifamily and very little money that is a tough combo right now.

Older military tend to be honorable, and most military in general are, but as with any tenent segment, there is a small minority who will try to get one over on an unsuspecting landlord.

I guess the fraudster could go so far as to prepare multiple fraudulent documents but I suspect we are mainly looking at persons who know a particular property is held free and clear and that the unsuspecting owner is relatively unsophisticated. 

I read daily about these 'normal' tenants tearing apart the properties of unsuspecting landlords on BiggerPockets every day.

Four years ago, while reporting a story about the drought, Emily received a tantalizing tip: In a small town in the Mojave Desert, salespeople were making tens of millions of dollars hawking empty desert land to unsuspecting buyers by convincing them the area would boom one day — and if they got in now, they could get rich, very rich.

@Steve Babiak, there is a moral dilemma here though.We are not talking about a broken water heater, we are talking about high concentration (140,000 spores per cubic meter) of toxic black mold.and we are not talking about a bank or listing broker not knowing the condition of the property, they are aware and have been sent a test report.An unsuspecting buyer that walked into that property may not notice.

Auction.com auctions this waterfront home w/ an opening bid amount of 30k Reserve (joke) was 150k4 My "winning bid" was 187.5k 5 I jump through multiple auction.com hoops of fire (all required within 48 hrs) w/paper work (contract and P.O.F.) and an EM wire transfer of 10% of PP6 They hold my EM for 30 days (15 days after notifying me of a rejected offer. 7 Then re-auction the property again.8 Collect another 10% EM from another unsuspecting "winning bidder" (who I happened to know)9 Auction.com/NationStar/Bay National Title co.

“The scale and scope of this man’s fraud on unsuspecting investors is staggering,” said District Attorney Jill Ravitchin.

The number is almost irrelevant as it attempts to create one particular view on how to price mortgages but savvy lenders can use it to lure unsuspecting borrowers to a "lower APR," that may end up yielding the borrower a higher overall cost of funds.It all depends on your time you'll be holding your note or property, closing costs, and opportunity costs in your given situation that will ultimately determine which type of product or strategy will yield the lowest after tax cost of funds.