we're trying to protect you and your family - hence the 'suspicion' =)

We don't have them recorded, just signed as another layer of protection. 

This allows them to get more capital so they can make more loans without having to grow their asset base, while also maintaining their relationship with the customer through monthly payments.

Asset Protection Trusts don't protect assets?  

There are more customers than ever right now on any platforms.

After months of reassemble and some customization work, the property sold for a decent profit.

It’s humiliating to call customer service who has no idea what is going on and can’t quite transfer you to property manager.

That is just not realistic in this current market.So in my opinion it's important to expose yourself to a large number of deals, so you can develop an intuitive sense of what's reasonable and what's not (and quickly discard the ones that aren't).And it's true that there is no way to 100% protect from fraud (and not just in passive real estate investments but even in public stocks etc.).

Consider structuring your investment through an LLC for liability protection and tax flexibility.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Let’s hope that guaranteed protection comes through.