Ari Hadar
Is this lender a scammer?
I was asked to pay in advance 2.5k for approving my loan before i get the money. I said explicitly that i pay loan fee only in escrow after the loan money was paid to the title company. Here is the letter i was sent:P...
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Danrell Cooley Is a Scammer
After Further investigation this man is a SCAMMER. He has been legally banned from doing any business in California because of a illegal action on his behalf. He has scammed many other people who have even created a f...
Chuks Erinne
A Scammer Because Im Nigerian???
We got a house under in Atlanta, GA area under contract last week, seller calls my attorney to say he was wondering if its a scam because the guy was 'Nigerian'.My attorney (who we have closed several deals with) spok...
Melissa Gregg
Scammer picked up my property
After spending all of last spring and summer working diligently on my latest flip, I got it on the market in the middle of October, just in time for a cooling buyer pool. We got a buyer after a couple weeks and then t...
Richard Warren
FBI Arrests 400 Mortgage Scammers
The crackdown continues. It seems that the FBI has arrested 400 people since March for mortgage fraud. I'm sure this will have many others shaking in their boots. However this is a case of shutting the barn door af...
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Are Wholesalers appeared as scammers??
I'm new to real estate, and I want to start wholesaling. I've been reading some forms about wholesaling without a license and how it appears to home sellers. My question is, should I get a real estate license to appea...
Karen Flores
Aaron Harding is a Scammer!!
Aaron Harding who is a listed as a "PRO" member here on Bigger Pockets scammed us big time as a private money lender. I've contacted Bigger Pockets to remove his profile. Do NOT do business with this person!
Tim Woodbridge
Avoiding private money lender scammers
Hi all-
I've been looking to get a bridge loan from private money lenders but have noticed there are a ton of scammers online claiming to be legit. Any advice on how to find actual private money lenders? Also, woul...
Patricia Andriolo-Bull
Blocked on Facebook
Looking for advice. I belong to a few local Facebook vacation rental groups. Yesterday, a woman commented on a couple of my responses as "Scammer" and disliked my posts. I called her out on it, informing her I was ...
Josh L.
Anatomy of a rental phishing scam
Here's an interesting post by a security expert who was initially fooled by a rental phishing scam:https://jeffreyladish.com/anat...It shows that the scammers are getting better and more sophisticated, where the appli...