He sent me the application and asked me to send my bank details, business information, and ID.What questions should I ask him to verify if he is a legit private lender?.

Websites make everything seem more legit.

Also many of the successful locals either do a lot of the work themselves or are at a scale where they can hire legit people and make it work. 

  I'm extremely interested in bidding on a property owned (Seized Property) by the US Treasury Department. I've been trying over a week to actually speak with someone in authority via US Treasury Dept - US Attorney Ge...

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Other's think that it's a casino rigged by the powerful, and only fools invest in it.Which is true?

I'm curious to see how lenders will treat these properties when it comes to lending and if appraisers will treat them as legit duplexes.

I would think your creditor would want a legit balance sheet per IRS criteria.

I want to make sure I’ve got legit numbers before I purchase my first rental property.

Are they legit or under the radar?