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It's my first time working with a private lender. Want to be cautious on legitimacy. Has anyone worked with Thomas Ungrady and/or American Nationwide Capital?
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Are there really jobs out there as a REI Assistant/Intern? I’ve heard some people say that there is no such thing and that anyone offering such is scamming. But I think I remember hearing from a podcast or something t...
The owner has approved my rental application and in order for me to get the keys I would need to provide deposit first. They are currently volunteering around the world so I cannot meet them. I have been contacting th...
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Two months ago, a guy names Wang Ruiqing sent a connection request when I posted a message about how to deal with a headache investment property. He wanted to connect via WhatsApp and promises to purchase the rental h...
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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 ...
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Hi all,My name is Monica, I love BP and I’m trying to get in to Real State, still in the educating myself phase and trying to find my niche. But my question has really nothing to do it my journey.. I have been helping...
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I purchased my first property about a year ago. I used traditional financing, owner occupied loan, and I house hack the property which allows me to live there for free. I have been receiving letters in the mail saying...
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I have one of my homes listed throught postlets and today i discovered that on trulia my house was listed for sale by some agent. The agents name is mr michael. He has 7 propertys listed and there all 3/2 homes and he...
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In the past week, my business partner has had several inquiries for private money, non-bank loans from people overseas. One inquiry came from Europe, one from Kenya, and another from India. In all of these cases, the ...
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How common is it for lenders to ask for $1600 payment from me before I receive the fund distribution? This seems like a scam but ive never had a home loan before. Is this basically the down payment for the loan?