In addition, stats and articles can be manipulated in many different ways. besides that, most experienced and seasoned investors will tell you that they make most of their money in markets that are bad when fear is bleeding in the streets.Michael Quarles - Love your response, I agree.

I will never invest my money into an educational program that manipulates its students the way they do.

-Listing offices are starting to manipulate prices along the lines of foreclosures in the past year, which is to list properties well below current market value to get multiple offers and submit a viable offer to the lender, Nason saidThe question is why?

The only downside is that it get's vapor lock (known fault with the model year) when the outside temp goes above 90.

Lately, I've been going to a throw-away email provider for a temp email.

:DJasonMy firm checks the ID of casual labor via the temp agency we employ.

Sounds like you're wholesaling.Since no real investor will be interested on something off the MLS, it probably doesn't matter much how you get the random people you talk to in the houses, or how you try to manipulate a contract to have it deceitfully allow assignments.

Hey guys - The original purpose of our influence system was to incentivize our members to become active, and to find a way to figure out who those members are that others deem to be influential, credible, and are overall leaders in the community at a point in time.Unfortunately, from the start the system was flawed, and I can't tell you how many inane discussions I've had with people over the past few years about it.We've spent far too much time trying to catch those people who simply manipulate the system for personal gain, and have created a system that is ultimately fairly meaningless.While it is in our interest to create a system that rewards people that participate and help the site, I believe that as it currently stands, the point system is looked at as a negative by far more people than look at it positively.So . . .

That goes to the buyer who also has an insurable interest in the property, not only from the sale contract, but as a residence (remeber that loss arising from temp living expenses is part of a homeowner's policy as well as other "homeowner" risks of loss).

Unless the laws in Buffalo are different than in every other place in the US I'm familiar with, it's not illegal to flip so long as proper disclosures about property condition are made and the transactions are arms-length.Flipping becomes a legal issue when done in a way where the intent is to manipulate appraisal values by reselling multiple times in non-arms-length transactions.