If it is a group soliciting you to take a loan from them with a lien on a hard asset, then they are a hard money lender.Private money shouldn't be a scam as it should be someone you know.

Lots of scams out there we’ve see .

Lastly, not sure what this has to do with a home inspection.This seems more and more like a scam.... designed to fleece the buyer by having the Realtor pass a lead on to a business associate and get a little something in return. 

I spent 997$ on a 3 day bootcamp real estate class by ************* dude waste of money its all a sales scam dm me if u have any more questions

Lastly, most of those people, you can pay to call for you are not in the US so when someone else hears a foreign voice they instantly hang up or think it's a scam for the most part not going to say it doesn't work because it does, but I think doing it yourself has a higher success rate.

And when googling, there's a lot of websites that just scream 'scam'.

Is Renatus a Marketing scam I'm getting mix reviews from people.

Who knows how many more people were scammed by Mike this way! 

It is a mistake to believe that the stock market is a scam.

@Mike C; wow, a post that nine years old, but still such great advice/content.I love your two suggestions for how to overcome the credibility question (especially #2, as you're essentially asking the seller help you, a great way to build trust and connection).I'm currently working on a potential seller who's worried about being scammed.