Domain registrar hijacking your domain name?

[Brian Pellerin]

In the thread Starting Out : "Website" (https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/94460-website), Tom Goans issued this caution:

Rather than hijack the other thread, I wanted to explore it further in its own thread.

I've not heard this as a concern before, so I did a bit of research and didn't find much of note. What I found was that some companies have security procedures in place that make it hard to transfer service after making Registrant Changes. They start a 60 day clock blocking your transfer. See: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1053992

Tom, Is this the caution that you are mentioning, or is there something more to worry about?