I would request to see the original assignment contract to verify who is legitimately in charge.

@Jerry Limber  Shoulda answered your question "Are these new lender fees legitimate?

If you name the trust as the manager, you could legitimately pay the trust a salary for managing the company, but you can do the same thing by naming yourself. 

Back when banks first started  loaning money for mortgages they used thier own real money from deposits and income from thier business and other legitimate instruments.

Certified in this case means that a person has passed all the of necessary requirements to be a legitimate VA.

It might not be a classic Internet marketing scam like some of the others, but if it's legitimate, then it's nearly impossibile to execute a deal and get paid, in my opinion.

In my defense, the property I wholesaled was legitimately under contract, and I built my buyers list from all of the calls I got from my ad (before I had it sold).

Basically, someone that has been successful enough in their market to grow a legitimate business, have employees, etc.  

@Deadrick Colbert I just read another thread today where someone said they had done several deals with them and they are a legitimate lender.

To me it's just that simple.However, as pointed out by some earlier posters in this very thread there are reasons why some people include capital expense in NOI, some legitimate others misguided.