This is not a scam and I don't relish rehashing my reasons for doing this to every Nosey Parker who is "curious."

In my opinion, they are a total scam and complete waste of money.

Turn Key at worst is scam and at best a bad model for building wealth or generating income.Get more educated.

Your only real defense in any business from getting scammed is an education and experience.

Contracting at a price that is too high, taking the down payment, then having the borrower fail, is a classic rinse and repeat scam.

When I approach them should I have a deed on hand and offer to see my ID so they do not perceive it as a scam?

His sales pitch was incredible- I was almost laughing it was that good, anyways I double checked all that he said and most was not completely accurate and the more I dug the more I found out that no one in this area will work with him and everyone called him a scam artist. his big pitch was the pools and how great they were and how cheap he got lumber from 84Lumber - however when I called 84 lumber they said they refuse to do business with him!

1) Collect all the guy's info, you'll need it to pursue him if he's really trying to shake you down 2) Get bids from at least 3 different plumbers, preferably from a referral from BP3) You'll need information from 2) to determine if he was indeed scamming you.

If you look at metrics, there's been plenty of appreciation in Florence, so if you've had these houses that long and they weren't refinanced on scam appraisals, there should be enough equity left over to break even.Every house has a buyer at the right price. 

Scary the kind of comments these scam artist can buy