Dallas Real Estate Scam

D-FW House Flipping Ponzi Scheme Gets Exposed

By CandysDirt / May 19, 2025 /

By now, everyone’s seen a “We Buy Ugly Houses” sign somewhere at least once. You might’ve even called the advertised phone number to see if you could get a good offer on your house, ugly or not. The branding is part of HomeVestors of America’s house-flipping operation. Based in Dallas, the company franchises out to…

How to Spot a Scam: The Price on This Forest Hills Midcentury Modern Was Too Good to be True

By Joanna England / September 28, 2015 /

At first, my eternal optimism and wishful thinking had me fooled when I saw this amazing deal on Zillow. Heck, who wouldn’t want to sprint for their checkbook after seeing this gorgeous four-bedroom, three-bath renovated midcentury modern for sale at the bargain basement price of $300K. *record scratches* Wait, that house looks familiar … wasn’t…