I tend to think most mold remediation companies are scam artists for the work they actually do.

Thanks for the advice @Patricia Franciulli Yes, I have done a 1031 Exchange many years ago through Southwest Exchange, I believe they were the company that got busted for scamming their clients, luckily I wasn't one of them as I did business with them a few years before all that happened. $20K and rents for $950, do tell?

After getting scammed out of state few years back, a bit afraid to take the wrong turn after working so hard to become liquid again.

If it’s 5 percent or lower it’s likely a scam

The last time I used CraigsList and Postlets, my prospects and I were seriously scammed--one prospective tenant almost transferred money to this guy who said he owned MY house and was offering it for rent cheaper than I was.

This has gone to court in my area, and granted, it never came out until some investor squeeled and cried, but the company/investor/ scam artist, was nailed every time.I think sending an invitation to a group of attorneys might be a really bad idea.The regulations exempt sophisticated investors, those with a net worth of 1M or more I think is still the cutoff.

And that was the time when I was serious scammed by an unethical wholesaler and it's set my investing back years trying and sort it out.Mark Ramsey is right, the wholesaler probably had some pressure to meet a deadline, but if you were feeling that there was something more going on, or that he wasn't completely trustworthy, then he probably wasn't.Never ignore your gut.

Scams, as Jeff says.

Good luck and be careful with the financing scams out there...

It has been a common practice in the city when people just want to buy a home and they end up contacting some scam artist off of Craigslist.