I've seen wholesale deals close, I dont know how it can be a scam if there is an actual attorney involved at closing.Some people dont want to pay realtor fees, some people do not want to wait months and months to sell the house.  

This is an obvious scam.

Just want to say, I'm a total newbie when it comes to investing but have helped my parents sell and buy a home. I hope to start investing on my own in a year or two. My parents are interested in househacking and I ...

yes all their review sites are all scams.... 

Does 15% and 6 months always pan out, not usually and there is almost a downside due to unexpected surprises encountered on flips. 

I will not be leaving my job, but just want something secure to invest in my current 401k is a total scam. 

Until I can learn this business on my own I am looking for any information that helps, as I have come across many scams.

Consumer advocacy is very important to us and that is why we do our best to expose apparent scams and interview people so the other investors can hear their first-hand accounts and protect themselves against bad actors. 

27.Are there any other fees that I will encounter that we haven’t discussed?

I'll provide some entertaining reading of how I got started: I lost my house in the recession in FL, I was in michigan thinking I would rent for the rest of my life and I was fine with that, mom "pressured" me to use her $50K loan (part of her retirement) to buy a house (no intentions to invest, just a house to live in) initially I didn't want to risk her money but after some thought I accepted her offer in 2012, after months of many losing bids of foreclosures I finally won not 1 but 2 at the same time, so my realtor brother said not to let go the other one so he lent me $20K, after the rehabbing, contractors, being scammed sometimes and feeling like the life was sucked out of me (and by miracle didn't get fired from my job) I finished both so I had to put one for rent, swore never to do this again but 2 years later was looking thru zillow and homepath and the adrenaline juices started flowing again, took out a home equity loan and bought 2 more, repeat same pattern, life sucked out of me, again I don't know how I didn't get fired, but afterwards I was just tired and not disillusioned with real estate like the first time; and then bought the last one where I live 2 years ago, sorry to make it long lol.Thank you @Jessie Niu, I'm trying to see which of the methods you mentioned will take me the furthest.