16 May 2024 | 10 replies
There's nothing better than getting an FHA or conventional offer accepted by an unsuspecting seller, knowing you will have plenty of opportunity to re negotiate once the appraisal comes back.
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16 May 2024 | 10 replies
Don’t get scammed by some on line service where they paid $100 for the letter.
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15 May 2024 | 7 replies
yeah sounds about right, Im in a situation now I'm not sure if I'm getting scam or not, the company requested I use their appraisal company $1000 thats been about 3 weeks haven't receive anything back yet. when I requested to speak to the appraisal company to see what the hold up was.
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16 May 2024 | 7 replies
Very common scam in the US RE space today.. so do be careful what your asking for does not happen in a business setting.
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15 May 2024 | 14 replies
(but investor and deal need to qualify)I don't like the term 100% financing since there is a lot of scam going on and that term is somehow pre-loaded.
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16 May 2024 | 158 replies
Tom Wheelwright’s WealthAbility is a full-on SCAM with shoddy ‘business practices’ that needs to be investigated for consumer fraud!
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14 May 2024 | 13 replies
Being incompetent (not saying they are or are not just making the statement) is not considered fraud or a scam.
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14 May 2024 | 6 replies
NEVER pay for those programs, they are mostly scams to make the people who offer them money and they will try to sell you another program.Real estate is unlikely to make you a lot of money quickly.
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14 May 2024 | 1 reply
We have found houses the traditional way - through the Multi Listing Service (MLS), through foreclosure auctions, off of craigslist (that really weren't scams!)