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 ...
For Real
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »The flourishing real estate market has helped increase mortgage fraud and other spurious real estate related schemes. The perpetrators of these system range from mortgage brokers to drug dealers laundering their ill-gotten gains. Each year, these deceitful schemes abuse individuals ...
The Ponzi Scheme
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in News, Real Estate Fraud | No Comments »A Ponzi scheme usually offers abnormally high short-term returns in order to entice new investors. The high returns that a Ponzi scheme advertises (and pays) require an ever-increasing flow of money from investors in order to keep the scheme going. The ...