Pete VanDeRiet
Craigslist anonymous email problems
I have an ad running on CL using their anonymous email reply system and after receiving multiple emails from the same interested people (seemingly ignoring my responses) I realized that my responses back to them ar...
Davit Gharibyan
Redemption Sale Process
Hello,I have a redemption lead in the pipeline. The house is listed to two persons. One of the parties has left and the other person lost contact with them. If I redeem the property do both parties need to sign the pu...
Account Closed
Phoenix homebuyer duped out of $73K in real-estate scam
One click. One-tenth of a second later, $73,000 disappeared into the ether and two Phoenix home sales were derailed.It was no accident. Homebuyers across the country are being targeted in custom-tailored email scams a...
Peter Walther
Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam
I've seen several posts related to losses from a BEC scam and came across this story of a title agent that lost some money to scamers and tried to recover from his E&O insurance.
The United States District Court ...
Tamar Hermes
Do you use your 401K money to invest in real estate?
I have been investing 401K funds through a self-directed DB plan in my company for a while, but now I have different 401K money coming in and wondering who uses retirement accounts with traditional stocks and who is i...
Ryan Hobbs
Probate property contract
Can I use a standard purchase agreement on a probate property, where the administrator has full authority, no bond,in California?
Dale Miller
In-Laws keep losing bids to all cash buyers..........
My In-Laws have lost their bid 3 times for a property all to cash buyers! The one cash buyer said was going to pay all cash but at the end couldn't do it. Also My In-Laws bid higher than someone but lost to a lower al...
Sophia N.
Section 8 Investing
Hi, I am considering investing in section 8 as a LL catering to tenants with vouchers and want to know the pros and cons. It seems like a great opportunity to make high returns with limited risk, but there has to be a...
John Hogg
Title error found after refinance
Hi biggerpockets community,I could use some advice on a situation that has come to light with my current lender.I refinanced a duplex property in 02/2021 to a new lender.I am just finding out today that during the ref...
Max T.
What would you do?
Tenants are supposed to move out today. I did a showing for new prospects. There is still a ton of stuff. Some packed and a lot not. Nothing cleaned yet either. Contractors are scheduled for first thing tomorrow.