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So we received our first inquiry for a booking on vrbo…. Obviously very excited … But it looks suspicious to me - does this inquiry seem like some kind of scam or the beginning of a scam?? They are asking me to call t...
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Why is it that a scammer seems to sniff out newbies and reek havoc on everything that is good? Who are these people anyway? What kind of monster preys on the innocent people of the world just to make a dime? And so...
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What do you know about Trust Funding Inc?
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This seems like a scam to me. Bouncing t off people in the community. I met a private lender here n BP and was arranging a deal with them. The terms looked decent. However, thy wanted points charged upfront. Before cl...
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Please help me flag a ripped off rental listing before someone gets scammed, see fraudulent listing below. They took my listing pic and text, cut the rent in half and added another bathroom, etc. I reported it to Crai...
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This is random, but it just hit me that you could have the answer to this. I am speaking to a private money lender I met on LinkedIn, he's terms are cheaper, and more laxed than any other lender I have spoken to. So ...
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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...
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My rental listings are being spoofed on FB marketplace and the scammers are posting them at significantly under the real price, advertising them as ABP and other "too good to be true" terms, and collecting first month...
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Im sure everyone in this forum has seen or been contacted by "Private Lenders" on Facebook. I was recently offered this...Terms are flexibleJohnInterest Rate: 5.5% (Buy and Hold), 8.5% (Fix and Flip), Cashout/Refi (4....
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Hi everyone,I’m currently raising private funding for real estate and I came across a lender who only charges 5% interest. Here are his other loan terms: 100% financing on purchase price and rehab Interest rate 5% Fun...