Our area is notoriously terrible for affordable investment.

This is because the first few years of residency have notoriously bad working hours (probably at least 60-80 hours per week), and I won't have as much time as I do now to learn and set-up systems and connections to grow my portfolio.I'm new to the REI world but am a quick and eager learner.

I have contacted the district attorney and have also filed a criminal report with in the chicago area.This guy also has been to prison for this before and from the looks of it, this this isn't the first time he has pulled this trick of his.DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH JOHN SIMS!!!

If anyone knows Rochester it is very notorious and almost everyone here is short tempered and carries a weapon.  

At this point its probably not a "getting my money back" issue (they'll just file bankruptcy after the pressure rises), but should be a goal of tossing multiple people in prison.

LOL ah poor poor baby :roll: I hope he goes to prison for this.

It's funny how sometimes we become prisoners of the "stuff"... 

So if those are of no value....go for it I have seen two people put into prison in Mississippi for illegal NON licensed property manager schemes.. 

If something urgent does arise, it helps to have a local STR manager that can handle it for you rather than larger national companies like Vacasa and Evolve - that tend to be notoriously bad at handling issues for owners.

A quick google search produced this:https://www.ussc.gov/sites/def... 2020: 65,000 cases reported/investigated, with 4,500 of those resulting in mortgage fraud convictions, of which 87% were sent to prison, with average sentences of 18 months (down from avg. 22 months a few years before).