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Nate S. Getting Prospective Tenants to Trust You When Managing from Afar
15 September 2016 | 5 replies

Hi all.Some up-front info. I manage several rentals from afar. I am about 2 hours away from them. I just had a property turn over and followed this procedure for the showings:
I advertise the property and handle all ...

Kris Haskins Craigslist Scam finally got me good
17 December 2014 | 59 replies

So I had one of my rentals on craigslist with a lockbox on the front door.  I've been using lock boxes for 10 years.  I had a rental on the market for a few weeks giving out the code to people to look inside.  Yesterd...

Annie Park Scammed by Investor San Diego
4 September 2019 | 14 replies

Looking for help with my situation.
I am selling my rental in San Diego and received all cash as is offer of $320,000 from investor/agent.  We signed the purchase contract 7/11/2019 and scheduled to close on 9/3/2019...

Bryan Normal Is this Hard Money Loan application a scam?
23 August 2022 | 2 replies

First time vetting hard money lenders for a flip I have under contract but not closed yet. One potential lender has attractive terms (8%, 2 points, 100% financed, no prepay penalty), but on the phone he has very spott...

John Franczyk Hard Money Lender - This is What a Scam Smells Like
4 October 2017 | 16 replies

I'm curious if anyone has had a similar experience as this. It's clearly a scam, but the scammer went to great lengths before launching the scam part of the transaction. I have been looking for a $55K hard money loan ...

Tristan Brooks Rent to Renovate Seminar
16 December 2016 | 1 reply

Anyone with experience on Rent to Renovate seminars? My friend is about to attend one in Houston and I would like to save him from potentially being scammed if I can.

Collin Hays Beware of "land for sale" scams
23 June 2023 | 30 replies

A fellow contributor here, John Carbone, sent me a link yesterday to a lot for sale in the Smokies.  The price certainly seemed reasonable.  It so happened that I know the owner of the lot.  He is one of our homeowner...

Carlos Toussaint 22 unit deal in Newark, NJ looking for funding or Partners
17 January 2020 | 10 replies

Hey Guys,I have a 22 Unit  Mixed Portfolio deal in Newark, NJ primarily in the Phillipsburg area.  My partners found a Private lender  in Texas, who's willing to fund 95%-100% of the deal but one of the stipulations i...

Jason A. Found potential private lender...but.....
16 November 2014 | 7 replies

I've been exchanging emails with a foreign financial manager and apparently he liked what I had to say because he has very wealthy clients who would like to lend me money to purchase multifamily real estate in the ...

Allen Clark Fraud on Craigslist - question
8 December 2015 | 14 replies

Someone copied my ad and is posing as the owner for a rental I have in Seattle. I have a new renter under contract but I am now worried that this scammer will have others under contract. I have forward the ad to my la...