Giving truth to newbies in the Real Estate Industry, relief to the get rich quick scam buyers of fake info.  

The Texas STATE website basically says those certificates off the internet are scams.What makes it hard for me, I have rentals near a state funded university that will foolishly accept those scam letters to allow pit bulls in the dorms.

Makes me kinda wonder if this is a scam to get 40k from someone, only to say later that the deal went south.Forget the cynical side of me for a minute.If I was in this situation, like @Jay Hinrichs has mentioned, I would give up about 20% of my equity to get the deal done.

@Carlotta Hall i have encountered the 4 home limit when i have tried to use the same bank for all of them. i have had no problem getting up to 9 homes with different lenders. i have now moved onto commercial loans.

It's a good practice to set criteria and know that you will be firm about it before encountering these situations. 

And as to who the "owner" is, that is another lawsuit I'm dealing with now (another Birmingham Income Properties scam).

Below is some of the details of the deal.The question I have is how do I protect myself and confirm the company is legit and that I won't get swindled/scammed?   

You can learn exactly what they are looking for and what typical problems they encounter in your target investment. 

I have three properties and have had them for only about 1.5 years so I haven't encountered many issues before (although I did have to evict a tenant previously).

This is the first time we encountered where the drive way is so beyond touch up repair.