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5 November 2021 | 144 replies
Some of it may be due to less quality posts; but I think even more may be due to your personal growth and you may just need to enter into a new level of learning.Nowadays, a lot of my posts are geared towards advocating for real estate education programs because there are so many new investors who are told that every education program is a scam.
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18 September 2023 | 6 replies
Be wary of scams, but a phone call will typically prove whether or not it is the case.
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11 November 2015 | 13 replies
Give seller full disclosures.SUCH A SCAM.
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10 September 2014 | 10 replies
Seems like a great scam. - Rent a house- Advertise to sell on owner financing- Collect a large down payment- Collect some rent- Disappear
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26 September 2014 | 9 replies
However, literally every single call, was someone cussing me out, threating to sue, or telling me to eat dirt...I got a call from 3 lawyers, i got a call from a sheriff, and supposidly report to the attorney general (which as of today nothing happend) But what i learned from this, is people facing forclosure are highly protected and guarded because so many people scammed them during the downturn, so there are laws in place in every state, and they are very strict on what type of mail you send, the wording has to be perfect, and the most important thing is you must make sure your data is current.
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7 February 2019 | 1 reply
HelloI’ve been at this 3-Day Seminar From Legacy in Zurich Switzerland this weekend.I have never invested before and i’m really new to all of this.It had a lot of attractiv content in this presitation, but also a lot ...
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17 September 2021 | 26 replies
The biggest scams that I dealt with in real estate investing always came from the priciest contractors.
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8 November 2021 | 21 replies
I have learned over time that:I don't use Craigslist (too many scams for me in my area)I don't use a sign (to advertise that a property is empty)I only listed on three sites- Cozy (Now apartments.com), Zumper (mainly for its Facebook Marketplace listing), and Zillow.
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1 June 2019 | 1 reply
@Andrew Cornstubble I'm not really following your post - you were scammed?