., where it was previously headquartered.High-pressure sales tactics were used to secure money for what were promised to be “low risk” and “conservative” investments, but in reality the funds were funneled to real estate owned by Shapiro, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.Woodbridge eventually became financially insolvent, the scheme began to unravel, and Shapiro in 2017 considering filing for bankruptcy, prosecutors said.Still, he, Roseman and Acevedo continued to sell the fraudulent investments without telling investors Woodbridge was on the verge of collapse, according to the indictment.

However you obviously still have some costs associated with securing the property.

Did you get their security deposit transferred to you at closing?

Example:  Potential investor's name, hello this my name do you have a minute to talk, sure can it talk with you about a potential opportunity to earn 8% - 10% on an investment secured by real estate. 

I have secured an other appointment this Friday from a cold all.

Virginia only requires you fill out a single page web form with name, address, phone, etc., then you pay via CC on the next page and it gives you your Articles of Organization. 

I spoke to a  real estate agent friend and they said that I will need the social security number of the previous owner to sell or list the real estate that I got at the sale.

Perhaps looking on the tax assessor's web site to see if the property owner owns the house in his/her name.

Also, I am not aware of any hard money lenders taking second lien positions, perhaps you can secure a personal line of credit or partner with another investor. 

Update:  I shopped around a lot, and was able to secure 4.00% when my regular lender was robbing me at 4.37%.