Had they not bought a bank for its mortgage platform.......Like a smaller version of Wachovia

I would take a shot based on no long term contracts tying me up if they're flakes, one deal at a time, and no upfront money because that's their real business.Personally I would get the full name and info on each of them and check out and their last 10 deals if they are legit, plus since the only real thing they are bringing to the table is the funding for a double close and you don't say if the 50/50 is after they charge for the money in points and interest, in which case your paying through the nose for money.

The problem is that some are legit and some are not.

No, but somehow I got an email from him a few months ago trying to sell investing in a private placement platform.

@jeff - we ended up building a platform to address this from end-to-end.

Didn't sound legit to me...but what do I know.

Truth is, all of us who are legit are all necessary cogs in the machine, but ultimately: YOU HAVE NOT CALLED ON THE BIRD DAWG!

My listing site is a wordpress platform that has a SEO pack to help me on the search engines.

We already have 2 buyers submit their LOIs & Hard POF and they are on the platform for an order.

i see no reason to deposit the real check with the bank if i dont have to, gives them too much control if i have to back out for any legit reason later.