All the back and forth conversations we basically had via phone or email.  

Just ask how much per sq ft over the phone? 

You can talk to a local property tax attorney over the phone and they generally appeal many cases.

At any given time, I could tell you what the manager's name was, how it was spelled, and I could recite her phone number.

It doesn't matter if you are a marketing wiz that finds a way to get hundreds of calls in on your rental listings if you don't pick up the phone when they call, politely answer their questions and get them one step closer to viewing the property and signing the lease it all is worthless.

But, if you’re the winning bidder, you’ll receive a phone call from an auction.com employee and they’ll walk you through the next steps, which are: (1) sign the purchase and sale contract, (2) submit your earnest money wire, and (3) provide proof of funds to close (as most properties can only be closed with cash).

I have closed on 3 properties since then with this local bank with nothing more than a phone call for approval. 

I do know it's hard to determine if a customer is legit by text especially now that I know there are investors from out of state that could very well be looking to hire us, but be very careful because this scam has shown up on my phone 3 times over the past week and they are all out of town or out of the states for treatment of one type or another and all the houses are publicly listed for sale in my service area.I have been very careful to ask several specific questions because I know there could be legit investors looking to hire us for their out of state investments, but after 3 very similar texts I am sure it is a scam so just be careful!

Basically being late on one of my properties cost them almost $50-$70 half of their cell phone bill.

I'm going to throw out my quick story, mostly quick cause it's on my phone and takes too long to type.