Growing problem for absentee owners Forged deeds continue to plague absentee owners of Florida property. Although notorious deed scam artist Ben Ari is facing justice, the practice is still common in Florida. While other states have taken steps to tighten the notary public process including log books or even thumb prints, Florida has not taken [...]
[more] →Lease option deal goes south in Cape A lease option or rent-to-own arrangement can be a great method for property sellers and buyers to connect. Often this method is utilized by buyers with poor credit or an income that doesn’t qualify for traditional financing. A recent News-Press article detailed the difficulties experienced by a Cape [...]
[more] →Lot owner suing over forged deed In the ongoing saga of fraudulent deed transfers, A victim has filed suit against Alan B. Mentser of West Palm Beach, the individual that has been accused of illegally taking several vacant lots of the deceased. Records show Mentser was fined $1,000 in 2001 by the state and had [...]
[more] →Another deed scam involving the deceased surfaces In November, All American Foreclosure Solutions of Ft. Myers filed three deeds with the Lee County Clerk of Court’s Office in which the company claimed to have bought vacant lots owned by individuals who are deceased. These three individuals supposedly signed deeds last November, but in fact each [...]
[more] →Ethics lacking in Big Apple real estate trenches As crazy as the Southwest Florida real estate market has been of late with an ever growing number of challenges for buyers, we can’t touch the Manhattan market for insanity. Move over Samantha Jones, open houses on the Upper East side have more action in two hours [...]
[more] →Immigrants targeted by NY Woman Here’s a new one for you, paying $300 – $500 for a tour of vacant lots available in Cape Coral. When you find a lot to buy, you make a down payment and monthly payments but never get a deed to your lot. Rosalind Laguna-Boza, of Port Chester, New York [...]
[more] →Pol pushes for reformThe SW FL deed scam which Gulf Returns reported on about a month ago continues to escalate in scope. State Senator Dave Aronberg plans to pressure state officials to do more to tackle the problem. The crux of the matter is that the Clerk of Courts and the Secretary of State do [...]
[more] →Agent defends use of adverse possession law You know it is tough to find a good deal on a lot in Cape Coral when a local Realtor, Raul O. Mendez Jr., pays over $8998 of his own money in back taxes on lots that he doesn’t own. In fact these lots are owned by the [...]
[more] →Compensation for referrals State regulators say they are investigating more than 50 title insurance companies for paying illegal referral fees and other incentives to real estate agents to steer insurance business their way. Such illegal incentives have become so widespread in Florida as to be considered common business practice in the title and real estate [...]
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