Of course we're in a bad situation in TX due to our outrageous ppty tax and our high (unregulated) insurance rates!

@William M. it's a wide practice that heavily unregulated but heavily fined by the RE Commission.

It reflects the total value and major unregulated expenses that occur like roofing and foundation repair.  

In a matter of fact, the only thing that you should fear more then corporations is their involvement with the goverment.Now, I'm not against business and competition, but what I am against is an unregulated environment where every company can do no wrong.Singapore was mention in another thread as a model for capitalism.

In a way, it's a throw-back to the flipping craze which surrounded the crash of '07 / '08, especially previously unregulated short-sale flips where unscrupulous types were taking huge profits without ever taking title.Unbridled greed leads to new regulations and industry protections.

You assign the deed as collateral, you may have just sold an unregulated bond besides the SEC issues you mentioned as being covered above, as any transfer of the debt insturment for the balnace owing (as with a deed-in-leiu) cancellation of debt, can be viewed then as a security transfer.

Don't make assumptions about everyone, doesn't mean someone may have issues because they have some unregulated type job either.

They may be smart enough but the greed factor seems to kick in and they may try to continue in areas that seem to be unregulated.

If you are working with a company that is doing this, they are most likely an unregulated facilitator, asset sponsor, or some other kind of financial advisory service, and not a custodian.  

It's my understanding a sober house is totally unregulated in the Lone Star State.