I remember a saying someone told me a couple of decades ago that convey's to real estate investing: "If you've been sitting at the poker table for 15 minutes and you can't figure out who the patsy is, you're the patsy!"

Amarillo hold em poker room.The other thing to consider is what is the exit strategy. 

And we are just beginning.Norada Capital Management ( Link )30251 Golden Lantern # E-261Laguna Niguel, CA - 92677-5993Professional poker players call it a “tell.”

There is a saying "if you've been sitting at the poker table for more than 15 minutes and you don't know who the patsy is...then you're the patsy".

I'm great at reading people - that comes with playing millions of poker hands in my life - if my gut tells me things do not sound right then I pull away.But a scammer has to expose himself/herself because they don't wanna hang around forever.

Or is that his poker face?

There is a saying in business, "If you're sitting at the poker table for more than 15 minutes and you don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy."

In my poker days I saw some real interesting table-side melt-downs. 

And we are just beginning.Norada Capital Management ( Link )30251 Golden Lantern # E-261Laguna Niguel, CA - 92677-5993Professional poker players call it a “tell.”

Felt like being at a high-stakes poker game, but with properties on the line.