Real estate investment is a very good way to make
money. The quickest and easiest way to make money is by Zack
Childress’ concept called co-wholesaling real estate investing system.
When you surf for this information, there are many attractive offers but
most of them are just too good to be true.
Zack Childress cautions every real estate
entrepreneurs against the scams. A fraudster has numerous ways to
extract cash. However, there are common ways in which a fraudster tries
to get money from you.
Title fraud
Though this type of fraud is rare, it is the most
scary thing. It has got to do more with your identity than cash. In this
type of fraud, the fraudster acquires the secured loan in your name by
forging with the documents and gets the cash, but it is the real owner
who has to pay these loans.
Title fraud is common with the homes that are not
mortgaged under any individual or party to get a loan. Once they go with
the cash, the fraudsters are likely to target those homes that are
either free from the mortgage or the homeowner has redeemed their house
from the mortgage company paying all the loan installments.There are many
ways to avoid this type of scam but the two suggested and the
recommended ways are to take title insurance and avoid issuing vital
property documents till the last stages of transferring the ownership to
them. Title insurance protects the homeowner against this fraud. It
guards against the new owner from existing liens against the property’s
title such as unpaid debts, from utilities, mortgages and unpaid
property taxes like wealth tax. The other way is to focus on protecting
your personal data. Taking appropriate precautions avoids identity
related theft losses.
Loan Modification
If the homeowner have mortgaged or pledged the house
to the mortgage company & are struggling to repay the loans due to
high interest, there is a tendency to approach the agency to help them
to save their house. This is the weakest moment for them where the
agencies take advantage of the situation & exploit them. If the
lender is a fraudster, they will give foreclosure options like reduced
mortgage payments to access your bank account.
You need to watch out certain aspects such as advance
fee, redirect the payments from the mortgage company to their agency,
guarantees to save your house from foreclosure & asks for your bank
account information. To be on a safer side, consulting an advocate or
financial advisor would be even better. If you are buying the house for
the first time, then you are ought to be more careful from the
fraudsters.
There is a proverb saying,“Prevention is better than
cure.” It is always better to be on your guard rather than regretting
later. If you have become a victim to these scams, contact Sheriff
Station police station or the Attorney’s office and give them a written
explanation about the incident.
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