Please Read the Real Estate Fine Print
December 13th, 2009 categories: Market Trends, Real Estate News
”IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS”
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This morning’s Boston Globe ran a story of a real estate investment venture gone bad. Sound familiar?
In this case, a young Virginia Beach couple, among others, were sold “a bill of goods”, left high and dry, broke, and are facing a lengthy legal battle to simply try and reclaim their good name. If there ever was a real estate swindle that exemplifies the worst aspects of the buying and selling of real estate, for profit or not, it’s this one. It has all the necessary elements:
1. The Promise of Easy Money
2. The Smooth Talker
3. Fraudulent Loans
4. Fabricated Appraisal Figures
5. A Gross Lack of Due Diligence
This is but one of the many tragedies left as a result of the housing market run amok. Kind of like teenage boy on steriods driving a school bus without a governor (you know, the device that restricts their speed). Before you invest your time, effort, and your money into any venture – especially one that sounds too good to be true – please take the time to do a risk analysis, and ensure that the road ahead isn’t full of quicksand!
