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10 April 2019 | 11 replies
@MichaelQuarles thanks for the input .. but the 3 letters I got through all mention buying the house, which is specifically what i'm not trying to do .. and I don't want to start a lead off with false promise.
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8 October 2015 | 20 replies
There is this common false idea that wholesaling is easy and it leads to big gains really quick and this falsehood is enhanced by people who put on these seminars or start these collective real estate groups catered to new investors.
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13 September 2017 | 62 replies
I was just pointing out how absurd it is for someone with a real estate license to take issue with Permitting & GC licensing laws & regulations when having to follow those rules offends his sensibilities.
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7 February 2016 | 42 replies
Most Guru's prey on this with the false promise of "I will teach you everything I know and hence you will become as wealthy and famous as me".
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4 May 2013 | 38 replies
The basic "guru" pitch is that by buying training or resources from the guru, an inexperienced, uneducated (in real estate), and unknowledgeable investor lacking sufficient capital can become very successful in a certain area of real estate investing/business.The problem with most of these programs center around the following(1) The program taught doesn't actually work(2) The program does not provide the person purchasing the program with the knowledge, experience or education neccessary to successfully implement the program(3) The program contains very basic information that can be obtained far less expensively by other means(4) The trainers and consultants provided are inexperienced and/or incompetent(5) The program accepts anyone who can pay although many accepted don't have the neccessary personal tools to be successful(6) The program makes false and/or misleading promises(7) The program understates the amount of capital neccessary for success(8) The program understates the amount of time and effort neccessary for success(9) The program overstates the size of the target market(10) the program assumes that because of success in one market it will be successful everywhere all the time.There are legitimate real estate consultants/trainers out there with a track record of success.
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23 October 2012 | 10 replies
It's extremely unfortunate that "gurus" take advantage of people by selling false hopes.
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31 October 2012 | 21 replies
The notion that somehow the Chinese are the only ones doing this is absurd.
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8 October 2012 | 29 replies
I certainly don't want to represent anything false.
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26 April 2010 | 43 replies
If you have disclosed you are an investor and that you intend to make a profit and you have not colluded, influenced or coerced anyone to make false claims or actions, then it is not mortgage fraud.