A serious investigative journalist has spent the last 6+ months putting together a story on some of the scams being operated in the US property market.
It took a while but we got there in the end. I suspect it will become compulsory viewing for anyone contemplating a US property purchase as it outlines exactly how easy and how nasty these operators can be.
This segment started because my best (most informative) posts were deleted, and/or rewritten by moderators on this site. Assuming they understood the basics of what the posts were about, I was gobsmacked that a website that supposedly bases itself on honest exchange of information was not allowing any such blatant rip off cases to be written about or discussed in detail. If the professional property 'industry' (for want of a better word) could not, or would not say anything then I would find someone who could. The ABC was VERY interested - and especially that no one in the public domain were able to voice concerns to people.
It took time, but two very nasty cases came up who were prepared to tell their story on camera. It is extremely galling to me that if more publicity had been made of the operators these two guys fell foul of then one of them would not have lost his life savings and not now be able to retire from a lifetime of public service stopping bad guys from hurting other people. We know there are hundreds, if not thousands affected, and primarily because no one was prepared or allowed to speak up! As was said at the end of WWII 'Bad things happen when good people say nothing'.
Thanks to people like Emma and Jay at True Wholesale Homes (and there are a lot more I know, but these two I think are up there with the best, if not the best) there is now more information out there, but a year ago there were precious few 'telling it like it is'.
I hope the segment does the job I believe it will. I urge anyone to watch it and make no mistake the scams are widespread and NOT limited to the couple of operators in the story. Learn the processes they use and avoid them. It isn't hard, but you must be suspicious - you are right to question.
BTW: We have been told the show will air on Monday - given Gillard and Swan's propensity to do insane things, it may be delayed as it was by the floods etc. Accept my apologies if you turn on to watch it and it isn't on - have faith, it will be
It took a while but we got there in the end. I suspect it will become compulsory viewing for anyone contemplating a US property purchase as it outlines exactly how easy and how nasty these operators can be.
This segment started because my best (most informative) posts were deleted, and/or rewritten by moderators on this site. Assuming they understood the basics of what the posts were about, I was gobsmacked that a website that supposedly bases itself on honest exchange of information was not allowing any such blatant rip off cases to be written about or discussed in detail. If the professional property 'industry' (for want of a better word) could not, or would not say anything then I would find someone who could. The ABC was VERY interested - and especially that no one in the public domain were able to voice concerns to people.
It took time, but two very nasty cases came up who were prepared to tell their story on camera. It is extremely galling to me that if more publicity had been made of the operators these two guys fell foul of then one of them would not have lost his life savings and not now be able to retire from a lifetime of public service stopping bad guys from hurting other people. We know there are hundreds, if not thousands affected, and primarily because no one was prepared or allowed to speak up! As was said at the end of WWII 'Bad things happen when good people say nothing'.
Thanks to people like Emma and Jay at True Wholesale Homes (and there are a lot more I know, but these two I think are up there with the best, if not the best) there is now more information out there, but a year ago there were precious few 'telling it like it is'.
I hope the segment does the job I believe it will. I urge anyone to watch it and make no mistake the scams are widespread and NOT limited to the couple of operators in the story. Learn the processes they use and avoid them. It isn't hard, but you must be suspicious - you are right to question.
BTW: We have been told the show will air on Monday - given Gillard and Swan's propensity to do insane things, it may be delayed as it was by the floods etc. Accept my apologies if you turn on to watch it and it isn't on - have faith, it will be
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