How do you know that the private lender is legit? 

You may already be aware of this, but it was news to me so I'm sharing:

Apparently, the latest real estate scam on CL is where the scammer gleans your info from CL, or I suppose they could from any source on the inte...

So I talk to the lender today that was apparently paying Bigger Pockets for marketing. He seem legitimate etc. My question is does Bigger Pockets verify that a lender is not some scam artist?

I am using Zillow Rental Manager for the first time to communicate with potential tenants. The inbox messaging feature seems pretty handy, but how do you identify spam? I have gotten several legitimate messages from a...

I am constantly finding myself always getting amazing deals under contract (current deal asking price $190k with an ARV of $430k+) but having most lenders be scammers. ARE THERE ANY LEGIT LENDERS? My current lender i...

I'm asking this question because I run across a lot of private lenders requesting upfront admin fees.  Is this the norm or are the ones I run across scam artist?

So this morning, ANOTHER clown tells me he has a duplex on Zimmer ave.  55k. So I ask for lock box code, no response, 1st red flag. I ask do you have the contract with the owner, no response, 2nd red flag. So I look i...

Hello fellow investors. I just got off the phone with the victim of a scam on people looking for rent to own houses.

Basically, this lady had started some 7 day trial with a company for finding rent to own ho...

I had some of Kaiser's stuff on foreclosures and investing. But I see nothing current. His old websites seem to be offline.Did he leave the business entirely?

I have a friend who has been in talks with a hard money lender. On a $400,000 Hard Money Loan.He already received a PPI of $12,000 and now he stated now that my friend needs to pay 6% of the loan which is a 1274 Tax p...