It’s not just foreign scammers, but local scammers who will copy your ad, break into your home, and show the unit so they can collect a "security deposit" and run. 

My company purchases non performing loans from banks secured by commercial real estate with high equity.

If you have been a realtor or investor/retiree and have proven track of transactions I think partial deduction of a trip or seminar in order to secure a specific property is easier. 

A life hack - depending on where it is - can you find a good public parking place that is relatively secure nearby?

You must keep the tenants security deposit at a bank that physically operates a branch office in the State of NC.  

Off-market deals refer to properties that are not listed publicly but can still be acquired through direct outreach or connections.By leveraging your network and building relationships with developers and other industry professionals, you can gain access to off-market deals.

Promissory loan notes are “secured” by Norada Capital Management where, in our taped call, is a $120 million-dollar public company with $70 million in owed loan notes to investors and $50 million in “equity” which is all a lie.

Looking at his records (public online) he had DUIs, trespassing and harassment of a girlfriend/ex wife.  

Do I need a Security attorney?

So here is a very short, quick outline of the legal process in the U.S.A.Any capital raised for investment purposes, in which one or more parties is NOT active in the management of the investment entity, is a securities offering.