Sentences with phrase «of real estate scams»

Unfortunately, there is no shortage of real estate scams in this challenging market.

By Dana Ward Unfortunately, there is no shortage of real estate scams in this challenging market.

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THE state government's move to strengthen codes of conduct in the property industry is credited with helping uncover three new real estate scams.

In November, the FBI charged Brooklyn businessman Maksim Zaslavskiy with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud for allegedly bilking investors out of $ 300,000 through an ICO scam called REcoin which he claimed was «the first - ever cryptocurrency backed by real estate.»

Now, back to the real estate business... We heard of all sort of «Condo Scams» happening right under the nose of Rob Ford office, what takes?

It is clear that these fat cats who want the public to bail them out like AIG and Goldman Sachs; or the Speyer deal with Stuyvesant Town and a whole host of other scams, are organizing because they fear losing their «special treatment» like a West Street Headquarters will a half billion dollar real estate tax exemption; or the tax credits for complex real estate deals that made Related into a financial and real estate behemoth without really doing much to improve anything... It bothers these dukes and barons that the city helps the needy.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has secured a measure of justice for nearly 90 New York area immigrants victimized in an international real estate scam.

The same conversation shows Adam apparently making a joke about one of their alleged scams — pushing a real estate company into paying Adam a $ 20,000 title insurance commission for a transaction he wasn't involved with.

In Florida, over a third of the charters operate for - profit, skim millions in self interested real estate and management scams, and compete directly with competent public schools thus weakening both the charter and public sectors.

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Costa Rica News — When purchasing real estate in Costa Rica there are a lot of scams that have been based in the land of «Pura Vida» over the years.

The Law Society of British Columbia has posted a warning on its web site of another variation on the bad cheque scam that's been plaguing the profession, particularly real estate practitioners.

Attention real estate practitioners: Fake law firm website used in new variation of bad cheque scam

75 % of the fraud posts were for commercial debt collections or commercial equipment purchases (where a real business is impersonated), 11 % were personal business loan collection frauds, 9 % were separation agreement scams, 3 % were IP or copyright infringement scams, 1 % were employee injury or dismissal frauds and 1 % real estate bad cheque scams.

Versions of real estate fraud are sometimes known as title fraud, mortgage and foreclosure fraud and online real estate scams.

We've been advised of a scam by the purported William Scott with regards to a real estate purchase.

CHICAGO (November 4, 2017)-- Jon Goodman, real estate attorney at Frascona, Joiner, Goodman and Greenstein, P.C., shared information with Realtors ® and other attendees today at the 2017 REALTORS ® Conference & Expo about the risks of real estate fraud and how to avoid falling victim to scams in the marketplace.

Legitimate real estate agents wanted to distance themselves from these scam artists, so they began to organize by creating real estate boards and they established standards of practice.

Folks, you need to calibrate your BS Meters, get off the internet, I don't know of an industry that has more scams running and predatory dealers than real estate, in a local survey a few years ago around here, the professionalism of used car dealers was rated higher than Realtors / Landlords.

The money sucking politics of this scam are outrageous to anyone in possession of a circumspect mind, sadly of which said mindset does not exist within the ranks of most part - timers or their bosses (and some real estate school teachers) who rely upon the monthly incomes that endlessly emanate from the unprepared incompetent but good - at - memorized - script - spewing failures - in - waiting.

Cheap, easily accessed Interenet selling of other peoples» stuff is already becoming fraught with scam artists and below - the - radar misleading sales tactics against which the current organized real estate system is set up to deal with; it is the bad apples within the current system who are spoiling the entire barrel, providing ample ammunition for the barrel shooters to line up for their individual get - even shots into said barrel.

Don't get caught up in some scammy scammer's scams — learn the traits of the fraudulent real estate guru here before you pay anything to anyone!

Law enforcement officials have increasingly been warning home owners and real estate professionals of scams involving homes and rentals.

CAP rates are a crummy way to value residential real estate and an equally crummy measure of financial performance for all of the reasons mentioned above and more... you may disagree, but since the only other person out there that regularly disagreed with you on this was kicked off this site for doing so, and just about every other turnkey operator seem to be in the business of perpetuating it as a metric to try to artificially pump up the attractiveness of their offerings and scam newbies, please forgive me if I try to offer some counterbalance and perspective to other new investors who would otherwise not have any other exposure to such radical ideas as using CAP rates the way they were designed to be used by the professionals who use them.

In the context of real estate, financial elder abuse schemes can take many forms, including reverse mortgage scams, property investment schemes, and foreclosure rescue schemes.

You sem to be a true believer of the misinformation that you have been fed by ignorant real - estate - hating - purveyors of mythology based upon hit - and - miss anthologies of some dissatisfied consumers who have been, or think they have been, scammed by a Realtor (s).

In one of the scams, real estate professionals receive a fake NAR text that says they owe a fine because of an ethics violation.

Be alert to an email scam in which a hacker breaks into the email account of real estate practitioners or closing professionals and learns key transaction information like account numbers and then bilks the transaction of money.

Scam artists or thieves can destroy the reputation of a salesperson or broker, even if the real estate professional is innocent.

I've spent a lot of money on real estate courses from real estate «guru's» and some of those courses seemed like scams that haven't helped me at all no matter how hard I worked at it so hopefully with the information on this website and the real world advice from all of you I can finally take those first steps into real estate investing!

Coldwell Banker has recently been made aware of certain scams involving online job postings, job ads or career opportunities available with Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC or its affiliated companies.

Here are a few tips from Cortland County Board of Realtors ® to help home buyers and sellers recognize and avoid real estate scams:

As real estate searches and transactions move more and more online, the chances of being caught up in a cyber scam have become even greater.

You should hear some of the stories we've heard of people in foreclosure being taken advantage of by scam artists proclaiming to be reputable «real estate investors».

There may not be any misspellings or grammatical errors in the email message (which were surefire signs of a scam in the past), the message itself may be friendly and conversational, and any information related to the real estate transaction may be detailed and accurate.

Now that you know what types of scams have plagued the real estate industry, here are a few tips you can follow to prevent yourself from falling victim to a devastating email scam.

In the typical scam, the criminal hacks into the e-mail account of a real estate agent or other person involved in the transaction and uses information that's been acquired to dupe a party to the transaction, usually the buyer, into a fraudulent wire transfer.

But hackers are busy, too, and the National Association of REALTORS ® has received reports that sophisticated e-mail scams are targeting the real estate industry.

I know a lot of people watching this video are going to slam me for what I'm saying, but I honestly think this is the biggest scam in real estate right now.

Real estate offices and agents in the United States are being warned of a phishing scam that targets them.

And now, NAR General Counsel Katie Johnson has just released a video alerting consumers and real estate professionals to the growing threat of email scams.

The scams are often committed by criminal groups but the image of real estate brokers has suffered.

Real estate scams have been steadily on the rise of late, unfortunately with the assistance of technology.

It covers 12 scams but not a mention of scams leading to real estate or mortgage fraud it's as if these don't exist.

And now real estate clients who have been scammed are fighting back, seeking recovery of funds through the courts and turning to an FBI weapon little known to the general public, the «Financial Fraud Kill Chain.»