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25 February 2009 | 6 replies
I was wondering if anybody has had success by using one of these sites or is it a scam of some sort.JCL
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5 November 2015 | 3 replies
Sounds to me like a money making scam.
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5 March 2021 | 4 replies
This was basically a lease-option scam, and two years later our court date (jury) is the end of next month to (hopefully) get my money back out of this mess, haha.
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9 May 2018 | 4 replies
Also there were a lot of scams presented that I saw prior to the 2008 bubble burst, and so I became a tad bit jaded, leery, and deterred to get started.
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8 January 2017 | 40 replies
pretty much all turnkeys are scams to be blunt I am tired of listing the reasons why....it's a shame so many people are suckered into the illusion of making millions with turnkey... there is no profit potential.
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10 December 2017 | 3 replies
Are (some) Lenders that desperate to find Borrowers, that they lend purely against your promise to pay back, even though you have no provable assets or income, and they'd have no way of tracking you down if/when your scheme/scam comes undone?
3 October 2015 | 26 replies
At first, my husband thought that they were victims of some sort of rental scams.
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9 February 2020 | 5 replies
Scams are unfortunately relatively common in this type of transaction.Best of luck!
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10 October 2016 | 10 replies
Dont get scammed and remember hard money comes at a high premium compared to a regular line of credit or a bank loan.
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13 May 2018 | 8 replies
I want to share our recent land lording experience.
Me and my partner acquired a quadplex and have decided to manage the tenants. For one of the empty unit, we have screened the tenant (background check came with no ...