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Real Estate Investor & Manny Ramirez

Friday, May 08

This whole Manny Ramirez drug positive situation reminds me of what I have been saying for years. Time and again, I read, educate, talk about, and advise on scams, frauds, and dishonest hebavior in the RE world warning would be victimes of the typical and creative strategies chetas and thieves use to scam people from their money.

What have I said all these years you may ask! "There are so, so many ways to make big money investing in real estate, why is it that so many people choose to cheat, steal or commit fraud to make a dishonest buck!" Contractors going to homewoners giving bids and demanding 50% payment upfront, receiveing the funds from the unsuspecting homeowner, never to see the contractor or their money again. Equity stealers convincing homeowners to sign over their deeds and the so called investor never paying the mortgage or to be seen again. Crooks taking down RE agent yard signs and replacing them with their for rent signs, placing an unsuspecting tenant in the house and collecting a full months rent and deposit, only the home was not their's to rent.

Why, why, why???

Manny Ramirez reminds me of all the scam artists and crooks committing fraud and stealing money from desperate and unsuspecting victims. Baseball fans are NO DIFFERENT! We pay their salaries, cheer for them, suppport them, wear their uniforms, and buy their expensive $12 beers nan then we get slapped in the face and kicked in the azz. The Goose said it best in a box office in-game interview during the Angels game Thursday night when he stated that these punks have no respect for the game and their fans. They have no business in baseball and their antics on and off the field are a discrace (I am paraphrasing and not quoting here).

So for all you investors and future investors, it is JUST AS EASY to earn a living doing things right, legal, and ethically as it is to cheat, steal and commit fraud. Take the higher road and perhaps someday, we can do away with all the new rules regulations and potocals which are (so-called) designed to prevent the crooks from operating (but really just hinder the honest investors).

William Barnard is Managing Partner of Nationwide Property Investments, LLC and President of Barnard Enterprises, Inc. Will participates in millions of dollars in real estate transactions each year and has experience in nearly every aspect of real estate investing. Join his FREE Membership at www.nationwidepropertyinvestments,com and start or continue on your journey to creating wealth through real estate!

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