Larry Stegall
Feel Like a Landlord Swindle
My wife and I rented a home from a couple in April 2009. We signed a one-year lease. First part of November the landlord informed us we either needed to renew the lease for an additional year by the end of January or ...
Ross Marshall
How do you remain confident while being ignorant?
I feel I have a found some leads in my area outside of the Austin/San Antonio market. An elderly gentleman in his 70's has a few old rental properties that sit vacant and uncared for. The kicker, for me anyways, is th...
Terry A.
Almost got swindled twice, but got out.
Recently, my wife and I started our journey into real estate. We read the books, listened to the podcasts, watched the tutorials, thought we had a good team. Then it all went south. We found a move in ready 2/2 co...
Chris Mason
8,400 "real estate" investors swindled for >$1bn
Always remember, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.Real estate Ponzi scammers ordered to pay $1 billion
29 Jan 2019A real estate investing firm and its former owner have been ordered to pay $1 billion i...
Rodney Swindle
Investors in Northeast MS
Hi everyone! My name is Rodney Swindle. I'm from Booneville MS. I decided to get into real estate about 2 years ago, but I have just discovered bp 2 months ago. I'm getting ready to buy my first SFH, most likely in Tu...
Account Closed
Tenant is lying and looking to swindle me
A couple of month ago, a tenant I have had for 2 years told me her freezer would not always seal when she closed it. I went to the house and even though the fridge was only 3 years old, I told her i would swap out th...
Justin Swindle
New Real Estate Investor in Sacramento, CA
Hello,My name is Justin Swindle and I am currently a healthcare professional in Sacramento, CA. As of August of 2016, I officially separated from active duty after 10 years of service in the United States Air Force. I...
Eric Stugart
Finding a mentor and networking
I am very new to real estate investing. I am currently reading Brandon Turner’s book about investing in rental properties and I am learning a lot. Something that I keep coming across is networking, finding a mentor,...
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...
Thomas Grove
Meth Decontamination Questions
At a move out inspection meth paraphernalia was found in one of the units. The property manager had the unit inspected for meth and it came back positive. "The samples from the property came back at 720.0 µg/100cm²"...