how do you safeguard from it happening?

The real failure of the SEC has been the absolute lack of any oversight or safeguarding of what was going on.

Very nice guy, seems knowledgable.We have had a few issues and I think from now on I will try to work locally first, I think things would have went smoother.Oddly enough I chose this person because they have a big presence on a forum I read alot and I felt safer with them than with a local person I didn't know at all, sort of opposite of your situation.As for giving out your info, I think the only way to safeguard it is to subscribe to a credit monitoring service that lets you check your credit on a regular basis.

The last administration should be held accountable and the current administration should be putting in place safeguards to ensure it doesn't happen again.I agree with you that no-one is currently doing their job, and it's a disgrace.

IMO though if you have a partnership it is best to have an agreement as to how profit & loss is to be shared.In many cases even if you don't setup a business the state can imply that you have a business, charge and collect the taxes due.If I partner with someone, I would want safeguards in place.

You wont have a gas leak as there were still safe guards back then.

However, since unforseen expenses of upkeep and maintenance can not be known at the time of giving the option and no certain expense is knwon to be required, any amounts of the option price which are not expended over ther term of the option shall be credited back to the option price for the benefit of the buyer.Now you have a reason to include such expenses in the option, to safeguard the option price investment made by the buyer.

OK, the note is purchased at a discount, the cost to acquire the note is irrelevant.The amount to bid in, or deamnd is the outstanding principal plus accrued interest to the date of demand as stated in the demand, plus costs of collection and any amounts that were expensed in safeguarding the property, such as weatherization, title search, paying hazard insurance premiums, taxes or other such reasonable expenses in protecting the collateral security.

Brian Eastman Safeguard Financial we have found him very knowledgeable vs many others we researched.It has been a wealth building experience.

In addition, here is a presentation made to the government, the office of safeguards and security.