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I’m looking for a private money lender and one person gave me their info via FB to start applying, but I don’t know how to know if this person is legitimate and not a scammer once he gets my info. He says all he needs...
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Hi everyone, my name is Lamont. I'm a newbie. I response to a random email from a private lender with a Gmail account. After he reached out I response and asked with the next steps were. Here's his response to that. I...
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Hey guys,There's a scam going around where you get a real-looking piece of mail from the FL Board of Realtors saying your license is in jeopardy unless you pay $225. Its very real looking. I just got it in the mail ...
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I am an investor in Upstate, NY looking to find deals in the foreclosure space. All of the HUD sites i see charge money, which im no opposed to paying, but i wanted to check with the BP audience to see the best way to...
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Scam email back and forth From Carla Morrison (Scam):Good day. I'm a private lender I offer general financial services including real estate loans, various purchase funding, personal loans and business startups loans....
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Latest Scam out of CA. to those who may not know but a CA. Licensed RE Broker can do HMLs using their RE Broker license .. I think the only state that has this carve out.
So this is a very sophisticated scam.. Scamm...
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This evening while searching Craigslist for rentals or other RE, I came across one of our available units falsely listed by someone else at a different price, terms, etc. Basically the cover picture I posted and the ...
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Hi All!My family is looking to get into rental properties. This single family property is listed in the Houston area with the following message to prospective buyers: PLEASE READ EVERYTHING FIRST BEFORE REACHING OUT: ...
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Property in Windermere, FL with seller financing. Purchase price: $104,950Down payment: $10,4900% interest, 7 year balloon, 30 year amortization, $250 monthly paymentProperty is currently vacant and recently renovated...
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Since several thread appeared (and disappeared) here on BP offering seemingly too-good-to-be-true funding, I thought I would add this topic.
This thread discusses the long-lived prime bank note scam
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