The facilitator’s address was in a mobile home park, and the bank account could not be verified.Inconsistent Identification: Despite receiving a copy of Chris Anderson’s driver’s license, phone number tracing showed no connection to him.Incident 2: 2nd Financial Opinion ServicesThis entity appeared more sophisticated but was equally deceptive:Authentic-Looking Documentation: The LLC was legitimately registered in Missouri, with a seemingly professional website and clean background checks.Misleading Identification: After requesting proof of legitimacy, a passport with the supposed principal's photo and corporate documents from the State of Missouri were provided.

I believe they might still able to buy new properties (I have a Canadian passport so it doesn't affect me and so I haven't followed the details).

Passport It's a pretty simple loan.

Here's the red flags that we had missed when we were still fairly green: 1) Credit card declined so they gave us a different card from their "sister"2) Booked last minute3) Locals4) We had even asked for an ID so they sent a fake passport but the name was spelled slightly offThey had parties at the property and destroyed some things.

I have it on my phone (passport).

Only a few simple documents are required, including a valid passport, birth certificate, and proof of address.

And you can quite literally walk there from the U.S. side if you didn't forget your passport at home :) Of course, I don't know how much (if at all) this could affect a hospitality business, so I would continue trying to find someone who actually operates an STR here to find out more.  

Maybe Morris gets away with this maybe not.. but I cant see him risking coming back to the states and having his passport pulled..  

They had two passports.  

Passport 2. 2 Months Bank Statements showing downpayment + closing costs and reserves (typically 12 months) 3.