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?

BP I thought I would share something sort of funny and sort of strange about a recent direct mail campaign I have started in the columbia SC area. I recently bought a really well priced unit in a neighborhood and want...

Is it normal to pay anything upfront besides a down payment on Private Money Lender financing deal
Does this look legitimate to you guys https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WXAqllCuZVMjkv6HjqLmv-gw3bmwPqr2/view?usp=driv...

So I had a listing up on Zillow, FB, etc etc in Late Dec..... I had 2 people contact me and reference a rent price, When I corrected them, they told me "that's not what it says on Craigslist"......come to find out tha...

Ok folks I have been a independent investigator for 20 years now. One thing that holds true is that about 95% of the time what people are selling you in order for you to make more money doesn't work in the real world....

Hi BP family!I'm currently in talks with a wholesaler who has a MFH in Seattle for sale. As far as I understood, she bought the rights of sales and purchase agreement from the listing agent.Looked up the history in zi...

The AG of my state (Washington) sent a notice to me last week that someone has filed a complaint about receiving a yellow letter from me. Their complain states: "I received an unsolicited letter asking to buy one o...

I’m in escrow and today I almost got scammed out of 1 million dollars +.A scammer intercepted some emails and pretended to be the escrow officer from the title company. They sent me wiring instructions for over $1 mil...

Only about 300 yellow letters into marketing for motivated sellers and just had a county sheriff stop by and talk to me about a concerned home owner who had reported me for trying to scam her. I wouldn't think that t...

I need help with a hard money contract that I am about to sign. I need to make sure that it isn't a scam. This particular lender doesn't use collateral for his loan. He uses insurance and there is an insurance fee tha...