That's kind of a shame - I remember it being a quaint, fun town.

It would be a shame to lose the house when so little is owed.

If the net profits go to the same owner(s), you have an issue of a sham transaction.Sham transactions are also issues of self dealings, paying yourself for services and expensing the cost and then adding additional expenses to the service provided to reduce the income.Shame transactions are more obvious with small business owners where a transaction is done to skim profits paying charges to a closely held entity that has no real business purpose or that makes no or little profits.Cooking the books so to speak, to reduce income generated to the same or related owners.If you are actually paying employees, like the body shop guy to make repairs, that is a legitimate expense.

It seems to me that the ability to actually lay hands on a project and constructing, improving or even repairing someone's home is nothing to be ashamed of.

PayPal has a poor track record of working with customers on these issues, but again you may have more leverage with evidence of a report made to local authorities.Sorry you got taken by these scumbags - it's a shame that people exist with the sole intention of defrauding others.

It is a shame a lawyer will post something on his website and someone call him on it and he run and hide.Joe Gore

It's just a shame that mutual friend had to even get involved and he feels horrible because he vouched for him.

It is a shame that nobody wants to mentor and pass on their knowledge for free to a serious candidate, but it is what it is.

Just tobe clear, I'm not a mod here, so I'm free to post without restrictions I would impose upon myself otherwise.I hope you guys don't become too reserved as your personality adds to your opinions greatly, it would be a shame to lose that!

Seems to me that FNMA would only have standing if they could prove that the first transaction was a sham by a straw buyer and the second transaction was a premeditated scheme to defraud them by scooping up the property and immediately reselling at a profit that FNMA could prove should have been theirs.