The intent of the parties is to deceive the lender into honoring what they're led to believe is a legitimate lease.The most likely place for this to unravel is if the delinquent owner later decides he/she does not like the deal they entered in to.

AG Cooper unravels Triangle real estate bid rigging scheme (See also North Carolina Real Estate Speculator Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging in Real Estate Foreclosure Auctions)This recent Page 1 NC REC article http://www.ncrec.state.nc.us/bulletin/pdf/May2012-Vol43-1.pdf cited a 1998 group of colluding and buying, who were eventually convicted of Sherman Anti-Trust Act violations.

They then created a false quitclaim deed to another property they owned and thought they were homefree.I sort of unraveled the scheme and I naively went to the D.A., just thought that I'll show them proof that this guy didn't own it and they'll immediately take it off.

@Lindsay Wilcox,You have a legal issue that needs to be unraveled by an attorney where the property is located.

You do need an attorney to unravel the current situation and distribute the money equitably.You would be insane to go forward with an investment with a partner you don't trust.

Depending on the issues it takes awhile to unravel and see what the options are for the property.

If you get wind that things are unraveling, talk some more.

In the rest of the world, it's either unraveling, fighting unraveling, or already completely come apart.

If the trustee believes there was a fraudulent transfer, they can order the sale be unraveled to reclaim the asset back to the bankruptcy "estate" so it could be sold to satisfy other creditors.

This paper work will cover you in the event of an IRS audit.You do not want the IRS unraveling your 1031 because you failed to follow the reg to the T.