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Active Rain Masterminds-Ways To Deal With The Real Estate Scam Of The Day
This is good information for anyone who has been hit by one of the internet scams.  If you are searching for a home on your own DON'T wire money to someone you haven't met AND always met an owner at an office location first.  Far to many people have been separated from their hard earned money.
It seems that in our tightening economy we are hearing more and more about real estate scams.  People posing as owners/landlords creating fraudulent leases robbing people of their deposit, even some owners with a foreclosure sale set on their property.  And so many of us agents have had our listings hijacked online by people like these.  What can we do to help prevent this and protect our consumers?  Increase awareness?  Mandate paperwork or create additional legislation?  What is the solution?
Scams aren’t new phenomena in real estate but they have taken on a new dimension with the increased use of the Internet by anyone wanting to take the money and run.  Scammers can leave a wake of frustrated homeowners, distraught tenants and angry Realtors® all looking for ways to stop them.  Realtors® frequently are on the front line battling these scams. We advertise our ... more

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