If, for example, you are convicted of mortgage fraud after you make false statements when applying for a mortgage, you may have to pay restitution to the lender in addition to your fines.

Quote from @Michael Gessner: …….you will have to hire licensed contractors for each trade to certify all is up to code….That’s false information.

We see more people trying to get their pets into housing units under false pretenses these days.

It has been brought to my attention recently that a large company got burned on 2 or 3 recent occassions from a perpetrator of fraud.Here is the story.Perpitrator purchases property under false pretense by forging a deed and having a notary and escrow in cohoots.

This is just false and makes typical BP conclusions that immediate cash flow is top priority and that somehow appreciation is a black magic that you cannot predict at all, hence speculation.  

Kalispell has been growing rapidly the last few years and prices are absurd so this is definitely a cheaper alternative... but who wants to drive 45-60 minutes to work?  

I think that sometimes when we equate the purchase of a house to the purchase of something at an electronic store it is a bit of a false equivalent.A house purchase is for most people the biggest and most committed purchase they will ever make in their life.

I am sure the seller had NO idea what this FRAUD is doing, as do most sellers that sign contracts with other FRAUDS making false representations to get a contract--in legal terms this is called FRAUD BY INDUCEMENT.

That’s just absurd.

I suppose it’s a learning situation for us on the lien but the downpayment was absurd.