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. 

Thanks so much for posting all this info I had been looking at Apke Land or Land Investing Online, while they give lots of free information if you really want in depth or access to their letters you have to buy their course.

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."

The Apke brothers are doing deals so that is good.

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