If that's truly the case (and you could be confident it wasn't a scam), then it's definitely something I'd do.On the other hand, if I lost my $5K (or whatever the option money was) if i didn't purchase, then there is a down-side risk. 

There are way too many scam or ripoff full service companies who service foreign investors, buying junk properties in war zones and milking it for all they can get while nothing they do is quite illegal.

I would number the flyers so that they don't scam you.If it is a rural area with a large migrant population during the summer you may consider reaching out to those people to fill vacancies as well.

Anyone that wants a big pile of cash up front is probably scamming you.

Sounds like she was scamming you.

Maybe this is the new POF scam, instead of getting fake POF's off the internet, they just other people's POF's and claim to be their rep.s.

Hopefully the long line of mortgage fraud conspirators who contributed to the real estate meltdown will all see their day in court and set examples for others.Source: MPAMag.com: http://www.mpamag.com/mortgage-originator/six-charged-in-5-5-million-scam-18815.aspxPosted by Corey Curwick Dutton 

But it certainly is NOT a scam in the sense that the material is 'wrong' or 'fake', but I would definitely question some of the statements they make in their marketing efforts.Fortune Builders' material is geared towards making a business out of flipping a home.

Since moving in with me, she has gotten another job and is paying her share of the bills without issue.I don't want anyone to assume that I'm trying to scam her in any way.

That website screams scam to me, but I could be wrong.