I'm amazed the scammers were smart enough to know the house was not in foreclosure.As to calling the bank, the problems are:1.

If I could be all smartly invested in San Diego RE I would go all in but I invest in San Diego RE then pull money out of the RE place it in mutual funds heavily slanted in stocks waiting for another smart San Diego purchase. 

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We had various issues with our OOS RE investments that mostly were a result of bad luck that was made more difficult to deal with via the long distances involved.The prices are high in San Diego in part due to the same reasons that make the San Diego RE such a smart investment. 

I think there's always opportunities for those who work hard and smart!

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Not because we're smart...but when you keep banging your head against a brick wall you eventually figure out a better way :) 

The easiest way to know what is smart and what is not is to do a market survey of that area. 

Smart investors never sit on the side lines, they just move between investments.

When another landlord calls me I tell all and hopefully they are smart enough to know to keep the info to themselves.