Santarelli as an absolute industry expert (podcast, websites, press, social media advertisement) cause investors to have a false sense of security.

Don't they take down pages that are clearly press releases or, in this case, a summary of all of his books?

*************************************************************"Bergen County influencer and real estate investor charged in multimillion Ponzi scheme"Pina, who gained fame doing real estate seminars around the country,https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2023/10/19/new-jersey-rea...

If they have child support in 2 kids then they are hard pressed financially till the kids are 18 or the parent is early 40’s.  

Also if you burn a seller/broker, its a much smaller world in CRE, you will be hard pressed to get another deal.I did a longer video on the topic!

I have business relations with a few of the bigger wholesalers and PM's I can assure you the feedback from investors about vacant and non rehab houses is accurate.. of course its not every house they ever sold but for those unfortunate enough to be in that situation its devastating.. and since I have been funding turn key outfits since 2002 I have seen this play before.. out of state clients hey we will just pay the rent we don't want any bad press etc etc..

However, if you want to press on, here are a couple of ideas:Install a coin-op washer and dryer and use the revenue to reimburse the tenants.

I know for a fact that Chase has an internal condo approval process for all loans being sold/brokered to them. https://selling-guide.fanniemae.com/sel/b7-3-03/master-prope...For FHA, the guidelines are FHA 4000.1.Also, this: https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/hu...Long story short, condos are becoming increasingly difficult to finance.

You are hard pressed to find anyone who will sell you food, fuel, or any other necessities of life for bitcoin.

You are looking for issues with the foundation and any other exterior anomalies like giant trees that could be in the sewer line or pressing against the foundation of the house, evidence of buried tanks, where the septic and leach field is, etc.There are plenty more things to focus on as well, but these four are often neglected by newer out-of-state investors relying on an agent or friend as their boots.What else did I miss?