Seems that you keep quoting Jon's post without adding anything . . .

However I always get a title search before closing on the property even if its sub-2 deal just for added protection.

So I read ads a lot, and have noticed the 'luxuries' flooding the market: car projects that ran out of money, weekend cruisers, motorcycles, Waverunners, boats, anything that requires lots of high-octane go-juice.

Most investors cold call by looking through old fsbo listings in the newspaper, waste gas doing driveby's in the neighborhood, or run the same ad every investors runs: WE BUY HOUSES ANY CONDITION ANY AREA...

There was an article in this weekend's Denver Post that explained this.A scammer, often in the scammer haven of west Africa, copies your pictures and puts up an ad for a rental.

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Look for ads in the paper saying "money to loan", usually at the start of the RE section.

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I've added partners to my contracts after the contracts were accepted and haven't had a problem with that.

If you had a bandit sign or an ad in the paper, you got a call from her.