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Mortgage Fraud

Saturday, July 10th, 2010 Posted in Detection, News, Real Estate Fraud | No Comments »

There are 2 type of mortgage fraud. Fraud to get a property Fraud to make a profit The first is were someone lies about facts to get a loan to buy a property. The second is where someone lies about facts to make a ...

Things to do To Stop Real Estate Fraud

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 Posted in News, Real Estate Fraud | No Comments »

Real Estate Fraud is occurring much more frequently now than ever before. It is very important as real estate professionals that do business the ethical way that this stops. Below are a few tips to protect yourself if ...

How To Avoid Real Estate Fraud (part 2)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Detection, News, Real Estate Fraud | No Comments »

How To Avoid Real Estate Fraud Other Red Flags While the above "red flags" are frequently used there are many other indicators that you need to be aware of: "Rebates" on Sales Price "Rebates" on Broker's Fee Overly Inflated Sales Prices Land Flips Commission Based on ...

Mortgage Fraud on the Rise

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 Posted in Information, News, Real Estate Fraud, Scams | No Comments »

More and more cases of mortgage fraud are being reported the world over as life gets harder and homes are not selling like they used to. The scam has an individual making an offer for a new home while leaving ...

Metro Dream Homes – Charged with $70 Million Fraud Case

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Posted in News, Real Estate Fraud, Scams, Updates | No Comments »

The company promised dreams come true with their catchy "Dream Home Program", which took in more than a thousand investors. The primary suspects charged had the makings of a Madoff style life, lavish lifestyles, chauffeur driven fleet of cars and ...

Cash back at Closing

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Detection, Information, News, Real Estate Fraud | No Comments »

Though the action or ploy has been ruled out as illegal for a long time but people simply cannot resist the promise of cash when they do closing deal. The promise of a win-win situation for all concerned is the ...

Of Fake Titles and Title Insurance Firms

Sunday, March 29th, 2009 Posted in Detection, Information, News, Real Estate Fraud, Scams | No Comments »

Land titles are deemed to be the ultimate proof of ownership of a parcel of land which is generally accepted the world over. From various land management and title insurance firms come a risk of fake ones which have managed ...

Fraud on the rise with the hard times

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Information, News | No Comments »

With these hard times upon us all, more and more people are looking for ways to help boost their current financial situations. Often times it's these people who fall pray to scammers looking to take advantage of the situation. It ...

House Stealing

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Posted in Detection, Information, News, Real Estate Fraud, State protection | No Comments »

The FBI has released information regarding this rather uncommon crime wherein you, the homeowner can get your home (not the contents) stolen right under your nose without you even knowing about it. Called House Stealing, it has a crook assuming ...

Be cautious of the Real Estate fraud

Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Posted in Detection, Information, News, Real Estate, Real Estate Fraud, Scams, State protection, Updates, Victims | No Comments »

Image Source: www.wjfa.net Be cautious of any real estate frauds, since many people are venturing nowadays onto these illegal matters just to earn quick money. Some things to watch out for are those real estate industry professionals who conduct 100 percent ...