There we just flagged it and reported as fraud.

Josephine your situation sounds scary and frustrating at best and potential fraud activity at worst. 

When I started asking questions like that actual name of the company they use for background checks and verifying identity… she started to get defensive… apparently it’s a $1,000 to have them get your guaranteed short term funding.

Given an identical property in each area, I would order these neighborhoods from best to worst as Franklinton, South Linden, Whitehall, North Linden, Hilltop.

About 30% of all inquiries I receive over Zillow are from fraudsters like stolen identities or fake employment paperwork, and good old classics likemy partner tried to apply over Zillow with a background check, but something is not working on Zillow website but you have my application this should be enough?

Why is it that they are comfortable being recognized as the owners with far more assets on the table and  then smaller property owners spend money and effort to conceal their identities? 

Pennsylvania Real Estate Attorney here,You only have to worry about piercing the corp veil under very limited circumstances - specific events of fraud, co-mingling funds, etc. 

An identical rehab will cost much less in Summerville than it will on the Peninsula.

That lawsuit is a claim for fraud, and that’s what fraud typically is...a misunderstanding and someone being “injured” and wanting to hold the other responsible for it.

My experience with the FBI  has been for mortgage fraud  Borrowers of mine committing mortgage fraud not with my company but other companies and a big one that was doing sub too deals and ripping rents and never paying on the underlying s they stole millions and 100s of loans went into default causing massive bank loss's and the original sellers getting their credit destroyed..