All Forum Posts by: Dareen Allie

@Brendan Miller I sure did report it. I assumed the inside of the home was pretty beaten down for the price and the fact that the only photo listed was the outside of the home.

@Art Shalomov it sucks people would try to do that.

@Ari T. it was FSBO. The property owner's number was listed on Zillow

Searching the MLS in Arizona I came across a nice looking, well kept single family home that was worth 160k. The listing only had one photo, the front of the home. Contacted a realtor to schedule a viewing. The realtor said he could not get in touch with the property owner so I called the owner myself and he answered. Almost immediately when he got on the phone he stated he can take the home off market for me to view if I pay $1k. He also stated he was out of town on business and had other homes for sell as well. I could hardly get any info about the property because he was so focused on this $1k. I told him I didn't think it was reasonable to pay $1k just to view the property. What really got me was when he wanted me to send the money through Zelle or CashApp! I told him I can send it through a title company but he disregarded that idea. He kept egging on the fact that he had tons of people calling him because it was such a great deal, which was understandable. The fact that I had to pay just to see the property, send the money through Zelle and him being so demanding is what made me skeptical. I asked him to send more photos just to get him off of the phone. He texted them and asked for the $1k again! I never replied. I got home to look up the property. The home photo was from google maps. The owners of the home had Hispanic names, which did not match his voice. He had a Jamaican or African type of accent and said his name was Paul Nelson! The next day he called like three times and I had to block him. If the deal was real I'm sure he would have been too occupied with other buyers to call me that many times. Being a new investor, I just never knew there could be scams on services like Zillow. Glad I'm somewhat knowledgeable about how things work in the real estate world to avoid a scam like that. Watch out guys!

@Andrew Carlson congrats on that! i’m sure you’ll have no problem finding the funds!

@Allie Pfannenstiel thanks for your encouragement and kind suggestions! it’s always motivating to know and remind yourself that even some of the experienced investors had to start in the same place you are now!

@Alex Hart thanks for your suggestions!

@Lori Fentem hey lori, thanks for the info! i’m really thinking that’s what i will get started with here in arizona.

@Theresa Harris thanks! i truly appreciate the advice!

@Malcomb Stapel oh okay, thanks. good to know because i may use a conventional loan!