I just saw this thread on a similar discussion and wanted to share that foreign scam operators are posting identical ads and directing the callers to them where they do a collect credit cards for background checks and deposits.

But what about the 295 people who called and I made an idiot of myself and sounded like I was trying to spin some scam?

And wondering if not recording the deed until the end isn't therefore a smart legal strategy to avoid being scammed by a bogus lien in the future.Thanks

I watched a you tube video of this wholesaler telling about the first time she got scammed on a JV deal.

I consider this a maintenance scam.

I don't think most wholesalers try deliberately scam end buyers; if they happen to make obvious mistakes (they could have avoided) maybe they needed more time to self-educate and ask questions, research and learn more before getting their feet wet.

For example, not qualifying a buyer in some rent to own, take  it  back, rinse and repeat scam. 

I'm sure you're a very intelligent women.DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON "FORTUNE BUILDERS REVIEWS," "FORTUNE BUILDERS SCAM," "FORTUNE BUILDERS LAWSUITS," ETC.I cannot vouch for FB's credibility but I can tell you by doing the very thing I'm suggesting for you to do that my wife and I dodged a $52k+ missile and subsequently found Bigger Pockets.ALL THE REAL ESTATE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IS FREE!

Before learning about BP I'd have assumed anybody approaching me to sell that was not an agent was a scam

I know that all of the free stuff broadcast and distributed talks about how easy wholesaling is (and you have to think about the hidden agenda in that stuff), but when I read a post asking such fundamental questions as "what kind of contract should I use", I strongly recommend to people they get started the way I did.Hire a reputable trainer (research carefully, a lot of scam artists are out there) with proven results (for his/her students not him/herself) that will come on-site, help you set up your business, give you the right paperwork to use, teach you how to use it, teach you how to grid a market, teach you how to find deals, help you get deals under your belt, and teach you how to find buyers for those deals.