Judge Judy Smells a Scam! | Part 2

[@challis2009]

The relief on the Plaintiff's face after the judgement 😂, glad he got his money back, meanwhile the defendant has scam written all over him.

[@MuzzikLvr]

Wholesaling may not be a scam....but the way Vlad operates most definitely is. Before the plaintiff's 30 days were up, he told him he had another buyer and cancelled the transaction. If you pause the video and read the letter he sent, it said plaintiff would get his deposit back AFTER the new owner's close on the property. BUT, there was no new owner or sale of property and he kept plaintiff's $5000.

[@raerae6422]

Ohhhhhh! Thanks, now i get it! Horrible. No-one would ever get their money back with that clause. I see why JJ said Vincent is part of the scam too.

[@idharudhar5985]

Such a clever scam artist, in the contract, scammer also included the clause that buyer will not pursue any action or legal action after cancelling the contract.

[@Mrs.buildingblackwealth]

Thanks for explaining this

[@crpsaiyan]

Exactly! The defendant didn't live up to his word about giving back the plaintiff's $5K back. Sounds screwy to me.

[@marissathomas9327]

Exactly . Wholesaling not the issue but why they didn’t make it to the closing date .. that’s my issue

[@LukaLoud]

could tell that the plaintiff nearly had his case sent back to small claims Judge Judy was getting so confused and frustrated with this case me too couldn't understand it, but then the defendant opening his mouth and saying the house was never officially on the market immediately proved he was a scammer

[@NH-tb2sm]

She understood enough to know the questions to ask.

[@glennjgroves]

Not necessarily a scammer. The defendant likely signed something with the owner giving the defendant the right to buy the house, or to sell that right to someone else. The owner could not sell to anyone else during that period. The house was never on the market as such. The problem might have been that the plaintiff did not have the intelligence/clarity of thought to understand they were buying the right to buy the house as opposed to buying the house. (Part of the problem anyway.) It is similar to a stock option. Buying the right to buy something at a fixed price within a certain time frame.

[@KittyJacque_]

@@glennjgroves you can't sign the rights to buy a house that is not even on the market, that's why the whole thing is a scam and it looks like the owner was in on it.

[@glennjgroves]

@@KittyJacque_ you can buy the rights to buy a house that was not for sale/not on the market. Being on the market has little to do with it. Being on the market just means the owner has public ally stated they want to sell the house and are taking steps to find a buyer. You could walk up to any house that is not on the market, make the owner an offer, and if they accept the offer the house is sold. (Or in the process of being sold, anyway.)

[@KittyJacque_]

@@glennjgroves even if this were true, the owner didn't seem to have any intention of selling the house. they just wanted to take the plaintiff's money

[@bellasfurfriends3911]

"I don't think I'm doing anything wrong, actually." Said every scammer ever.🙄

[@judithwilber2540]

well he sounds like hes from russia so theres that lol

[@ianman15]

Sounds like a line used by a former President who has been indicted 91 times!

[@eddievastag7818]

Right. Like when an addict says they don't have a problem. Lol.

[@tiibbo]

It is wholesaling! Learn what it is.

[@thomashill5255]

Wholesaling for sure, not a scam

[@sshms414]

Lovely to see him smile when he got his money awarded back

[@dfa3366]

Plaintiff is very lucky. No real proof but JJ can smell a con.

[@idharudhar5985]

Judge was so smart that she suspected it was a scam at the begining of part I, and when the defendant said that the house was never listed actually, it was all over. Judge called it out and I wonder who many people he did that to.

[@alex1vid]

Yeah but that happens a LOT & not as a scam. Have you ever seen the "We buy ugly houses!" signs? The scam HERE, in essence, the guy that held the contract probably got a higher offer for the contract and tried to screw the plaintiff with a BS reason of 'your financing is taking too long.' "Mr. Vincent" probably had a house in rough shape, someone found out he was considering selling the house, so before it could go on the market he got an offer. People will do that... see a rough house, find out information about it via public record, and make an offer on it. Usually they'll be backed and can close the deal upon sale to the new buyer I believe. What's weird about Vlad however is how he's handling the down-payments and what's troubling is reneging on agreed upon contracts. Fun fact though - there are properties that get sold without hitting the market. Happens a lot, especially with rough properties. From a selfish perspective if you can find out about it early, that prevents other contractors from competing to bid/own the property. But wholesalers like this... just getting the contract... that happens quite a bit. "Oh, we're so sorry for your loss..." if a parent died... "We can help with the sale of the asset..." Sketchy, creepy... yes. But it is what it is.

[@stephenbanks5952]

​@@alex1vidYes but in that case the house is actually getting sold. If this house has been sold then he would have got the 5000 back. The scam here is not to give him the 5000 but to wait for new owners when there is no actual plan to get new owners. The problem here is not that he didn't get to buy the house but that they cancelled and wanted to keep his 5000.

[@user-zv8lt9pt6i]

The Plaintiff said “He’s a scammy kind of guy” 😂 yes I agree

[@Rayon_Rayon]

Glad he got back his money, but he has to be more careful in situation like these because this was obviously a SCAM!!

[@NH-tb2sm]

That's why Judge Judy told him he's in way over his head.

[@Mrs.buildingblackwealth]

Right

[@MaleOrderBride]

Sadly, people from his country are commonly scammers...

[@prettyricky6135]

👩🏻‍⚖️ “Your a scam artist” Gotta love JJ always getting to the bottom of things, nothing slips past JJ!

[@Scandalous_behavior]

We have to learn the difference between your and you’re.

[@elvickRULES]

You’re

[@merryhineline7781]

You’re

[@prettyricky6135]

@@merryhineline7781 who Cares

[@wintercame]

@@prettyricky6135 People who know English care.

[@DeepCover66]

WTF are they actually selling in this deal? The rights to buy the house? WTF does that mean??

[@stevejones5075]

This defendant said he was selling a house he had the rights to from the owner and the plaintiff said "The housing market is HOT, I want to buy the rights to sell this house and i'll give you $5,000 for it and my partner will give you another $5,000". The defendant said OK, but the house was never on the market and after 20 days, the defendant said "It's taking you too long to give me the whole $10,000, so i'm giving the rights to somebody else and i'll give you your money back" but in the contract it said he wouldn't get his $5,000 back until the house was officially sold...well the house was never on the market, so it was never going to sell lol

[@DeepCover66]

@stevejones5075 Sounds like a lot of "puffing" as JJ would say.

[@justbenice7448]

@@DeepCover66 As in 'puffery'.

[@Pam_Doddridge]

Now I understand those signs I see along the road “Buy your house for cash”. 😂

[@LTDANMAN44]

NEVER CALL THOSE PEOPLE!!!!!

[@trinity72gp]

Wait a minute, the defendant was to get 10k just to let someone else (the Plaintiff) buy the house (that wasn't even on the market) instead?! 😳😵🤯

[@JhonnyBoi]

It’s called wholeselling a house. It’s how most flippers buy these beat up houses.

[@trinity72gp]

@@JhonnyBoi wow 🤯

Wholesaling. He did the work of finding a [assumingly] good deal. So he basically gets a finders fee when another investor takes over the contract.

[@lizh1988]

Yes, though this Mr Fedarov, the defendant really was not doing it the legal way(he lied and conspired with the owner) and the plaintiff is lucky JJ caught it. She smelled something funny from the outset.

[@quianawilliams2914]

And he doesn't think he's guilty or doing anything wrong.....Sir seriously ????

[@aim4dabush891]

So the defendant doesn't see anything wrong about asking someone to give him $10k to buy a house that isn't on the market. Lmao! Then back out 20 days later when it's supposed to take 30 days and not give the plaintiff his money back.

[@nataliepope3286]

Well that case took a turn 😂

[@copywritten8462]

Don’t give me a whole Lotta papers ! 😂

[@kuro.hitsuji]

Judge Judy is so incredibly intelligent, she's heard it all, and the fact that she heard such a small detail that Vincent called the defendant to buy his house made her realize it was a scam and they were likely in on it together. It's wild her mind works so quick!

[@ceedee1675]

He did! I had to replay it. He said he listed the house in 2013 with Mr Vincent. Then the house is still for sale in 2018... but not officially listed? Scam!

[@Mrs.buildingblackwealth]

😮

[@joannewalton3059]

Jj always get to the bottom of court cases 😊

[@myfaithlove9393]

Yes always like don’t play with this Judge 😊

[@816morato]

Always judge a book by its cover while watching JJ 😂

[@mildredpierce4506]

The defendant doesn’t give straight answers. That usually means shady character.

[@YouD0ntSay]

How stupid if you want to flip a 75k house, to pay 10k to a dude who owns nothing so he let's you buy it. Of course, the owner and the defendant work together to con people.

Not necessarily. If plaintiff thought he could put $100k renovation into it and sell for $250k, he’s paying $85k ($75k purchase plus $10k finders fee) to potentially make $65k after his expenses. And seller is quickly getting out of a house he doesn’t want.

[@alex1vid]

Bingo. The fight is for the right to sell the property because the guy may not be in the business of flipping the house. Because if a fixer upper is 'on the market' guess what? More eyeballs see it and more contractors may bid on it so your margin with the flip shrinks and it's not a worthwhile investment. 10k for the rights, you have to take care of the financing of the 75k, and secure the loan to fix up the property which you would HOPE to flip for a decent enough profit. If it sold on the market for say 125k, your net is significantly lower.

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@alex1vidAnd yet the house was never sold after claiming the sale was taking too long. 🤔

[@SC400slide]

Many wholesale deals (or contract assignments) never hit the market. Defendant had signage around town saying we buy houses, he gets the rights to purchase after interested party reaches out and agrees. He in turn sells his right to the home and implies a 30 day payment stipulation.

[@wintercame]

Lets. Unless you mean let us.

[@sashawwefans6394]

He said 2013. Judy repeated the statement and he said 2018 😮

[@ceedee1675]

He did! I had to replay it. He said he listed the house in 2013 with Mr Vincent. Then the house is still for sale in 2018... but not officially listed? Scam!

[@anthonyguarino4242]

But in the closed captions on my iPad, it says “2018” before she repeated the statement.

[@charisselinnell-morton4137]

Bait and switch. It was never on the market! This is common scam to say that you broker homes before they go to market. They say you will get a better deal and then take your cash and then ignore you .This man is lucky to have a judgment as many times the scammers disappear.

[@corneliuswesley6617]

The plaintiff barely won this one,JJ was getting fed up with both of them

[@everydayisariceday]

Sneaky sneaky! Always always do your research!!

[@Yolonder-jf1sn]

Con artist period

[@mskristiang2510]

I love the way Byrd stands there and just watch but don’t really do nothing…I wanna be Byrd! LOL 😂

[@raerae6422]

He has to conserve his energy for when its necessary for him to walk back and forth with paperwork 😅

[@wintercame]

@@raerae6422 Just being Byrd himself takes energy. 😊

[@elizabeththompson7046]

Easiest job ever.

[@TortoiseJames]

Every time she says "show me", the plaintiff hands her something that has NO indication of what she asked for. I get so irritated when people do that! LOL!

[@Ninja1980]

You must hate working in an office environment then... lol

[@kaylaisawesome9952]

Glad that JJ sniffed out the scam and the plaintiff got his money back

[@crpsaiyan]

The plaintiff came so close to having his case dismissed until the defendant shot himself in the foot by saying that the house was never put on the market. When I heard the defendant say that the house was never on the market, I acted like a 3rd grader and went, "Ooh!!! He's busted!!!"

[@K-Fed]

After getting a million scam e-mails and watching dozens of scam takedown videos, any time I hear someone say "Mr." followed by a person's first name (e.g. Mr. Vincent), I automatically assume the person talking is being fraudulent.

[@MEGIDIOT]

True 😂

[@anndeecosita3586]

It’s pretty common to call someone Mr. or Ms and their first name if they are much older than you, and you have a friendly relationship.

[@K-Fed]

@@anndeecosita3586 Only in certain regions of the world. And those places seem to harbor a disproportionate number of scammers, thieves, and unscrupulous people.

[@wintercame]

@@anndeecosita3586 Not in the US.

[@johnnytable844]

​@@anndeecosita3586Except you're wrong.

[@jimbrown1762]

3:51 "I don't think I'm guilty". He doesn't think he's guilty, but he could be? 🤔

[@bnellaniyah]

As soon as the defendant said the buyer contacted him and asked him to buy his house it was over. Nobody does that😅😅😅

[@lizh1988]

He saw a pigeon, someone new to this country.

[@mrsyoungdolph3755]

I have 3 degrees so I'm a pro at sitting through boring lectures. But, this case was so boring I fell asleep on my couch 😂😂🤦🏽‍♀️

[@aggiebaibe6494]

The plaintiff is super soft spoken

[@earth0128]

Plaintiff had cleaner hands! 💪

[@bradycone]

This is called wholesaling. You get a house under contract then re-assign the contract to a buyer for a fee. It is a legit business, even though there are shady people out there. It is usually don't with houses that are in need of major repairs, wouldn't qualify for a mortgage, and are sold to investors for cash.

[@jemmaj2919]

But they didn't advertise it, there is no evidence that the home owner has an intention to sell

[@MD_ENTERTAINMENT]

The house was never for sale

[@Mrs.buildingblackwealth]

Ok. Thanks for explaining. Never heard of whole selling homes prior to this

[@lizh1988]

This home wholesaler was not legit, or honest. He was just making a shady deal with someone completely unfamiliar with the process. He charged him large fee, then cheated him out of a deserved refund when "the house just would not sell", because the owner was in business with the defendant Mr. Fedarov. The owner never put the house on the market, judge Judy got it right.

[@enumaofuru]

Seller contacted him... 😂😂😂

[@Mscldrew]

It’s very simple and actually quite common. He finds undervalued houses for sale, negotiates a price with the owner and then offers someone a chance to purchase it plus a $5,000 ‘finders fee.’ If that person backs out or cannot secure the financing to buy the house. He reserves the right to keep the fee and offer it to someone else. His mistake is his legal paperwork/contracts aren’t in order and he should be finding higher quality preferably cash buyers.

[@KayB-l5h]

I really didn't see him winning. He better be glad that house wasn't never listed on the market. I think thats what sealed it for him.

[@kpjaskie1]

It is completely possible to buy a house that isn't on the market - that's how I bought mine, completely and totally legitimately. A friend of the family was thinking about selling and heard that I was looking to buy. She invited me over, I liked the house and she sold it to me, never putting it officially "on the market". I'm still living here, years later. It's actually a fairly common way to sell real estate in this neighborhood as both the buyer and seller can come out ahead by not paying real estate agent buyers and sellers fees. We opted to pay a real estate agent a fixed price to handle the paperwork and everybody was happy.

[@FinisP]

Thinks he can take advantage and when he gets caught he automatically turns stupid. No telling how many people he has scammed

[@frankhooper7871]

If you want to flip houses, you need to have enough money to buy a house first - and you need to buy it from its owner!

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

PS the defendant / scam artist didn't would not have spent a dime out of his own pocket. In real-estate you don't pay a cent until financing is in place, and the property closes. For instance I just bought a property, the offer was accepted, papers were signed, subjects were removed Dec 20th 2023. The current owners are moving out Feb 29, on that day I take possession and I pay the cash. The real estate agent takes $1,000.00 deposit after the offer is accepted, and papers are signed. That is it. My crews go in March 01 to do renovations.

[@stratfordbaby8572]

A Russian scammer. What a shock. I cannot believe this.

[@ExploreCelsius]

0:19 the lady on left said “is this case over yet?” ZzZz 😴

[@PartyOf8Please]

She looks solid gone, doesn’t she? 😂

[@nxbxdy3404]

second time I've seen someone from the audience falling asleep on Judge Judy

[@PartyOf8Please]

@@nxbxdy3404 This one wakes up before the end though. The producer probably stopped the show and told her to wake up or go home without her stipend.

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

When will people learn? Contacts, contracts, contracts, I built and flipped houses, I had a digital recorder in my pocket, hooked up to a microphone that looked like a pen. I recorded all business meetings, because people are dishonest. Period.

[@QAZ-OMEN]

Mr Vincent just has that ring to it

[@Demonezia]

All I have to say is "HELLO! Air duct cleaning!"

[@CookingwithAfton]

He’s a scammer

[@oSTYNCLSYo]

Scammer 100%

[@saphiffertalbert1322]

🗣️ always look out for the three “S”Sleazy Slimy, scammer, pray and stay out there way because they are a coming 😂😂

[@jeanett8416]

The plaintiff should take this recording to the police and file a complaint. Also file one with the BBB.

[@miggety7742]

I see what the defendant tried to do, but I think he went about it all wrong. In those deals all of his profit should come from escrow or at closing. It shouldn't be upfront payments in case the deal doesn't work out, like it didn't here.

[@timothyhh]

Aw, the plaintiff's little smile when she said he was getting his money back.

[@mimifree2b]

Today in 2023, This is called 'SubjectTo' ✌️😅

[@JoshuaGipson]

So we're all just gonna ignore the sleeping person behind the plaintiff around 30 seconds 😴🤣🤣🤣

[@grizzakaduke2331]

The plaintiff reminds me of Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger when he grinned after JJ gave her verdict

[@america1st277]

JJ saves the day!

[@thomasludwig9117]

I got an idea. The guy across the street knows a guy who has a house. Give me $10,000 and you have the right to buy the house, if the guy across the street gets the other guy to agree. First, give me the $10,000.

[@jasonbean2764]

Vlad is the fellow's name. What greater caution do you need?

[@breerea9928]

Vlad is a common Russian name

[@jasonbean2764]

@@breerea9928 it's also the name of the Impaler.

[@strongislandhandyman5712]

Reminds me of a guy that wanted a $1000 to tell me the real estate agents name to rent a house.

[@mildredpierce4506]

You remind me of what my sister told me recently. The hot water pressure was extremely low in her house. She spoke to different plumbers and told them what the problem was. She was given quotes of $2000 plus. She had some work done on her house and asked the handyman if he knew anything about it the pressure issue. He did a Google search for the problem and found out how to fix it on KZbin. The only thing needed to fix the problem was a part that was about $20. Since he had other work he was doing for her, he charged her less than $200 to fix the pressure problem plus whatever else he was working on. And she has had no problems since. The plumbers gave her a quote saying that the pipes needed to be replaced which was not true. Some of these people try to rip off homeowners all the time

[@strongislandhandyman5712]

@@mildredpierce4506 don't know why i remind you of that story

[@oceanbreeze34]

Good judgement JJ... the plaintiff smelled for a far just the way he talked 😁😁😁

[@heaven8639]

Love me some JJ as a Judge .🤣🕊⚖️💝🌷

[@megalopolis2015]

The plaintiff was so lucky to get his money back. His name wasn't even in the contract. I wonder how many other suckers unknowingly helped Vincent and the defendant keep them in their higher tax bracket lifestyle?

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

last one.😁 She is right it is a full on scam. However, the owner of the house may not even know. I received an offer to sell me a house, the people were on vacation supposedly, and decided to move to the vacation area permanently and retire. I was invited to go look at it. I did, little run down, the key was not where they said it would be. As we were going back and forth he said his lawyer would mail me a key, then started asking for money for a deposit, I played along. I checked the house a couple times in the next week. Then that weekend I found an man home probably about 65. I informed him someone was trying to sell his house, he of course was shocked. I forwarded him the emails to take to the police.

[@horsegirl07]

Trying to sell a house that isn’t in the market… hmm yea, you’re not in the wrong there buddy 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@deenyc1049]

He basically confessed to the scam when he said the house was never on the market.

[@justbenice7448]

The two V's, Vlad and Vincent were in cahoots-$2,500 each.

[@exeuropean]

A Russian a scamartist? Really?????????????? Who would have thought

[@destinymiller6122]

They were definitely in on this together lol

[@Jac0b22]

What the hell is going on lmao

[@LetJesusTouchUrLife]

Was the fact that the house wasn’t on the market what sealed the deal for her?

[@cocochanel4624]

Ridiculous. 🙄

[@miac6262]

How do people fall for this ? 😂 omg

[@Richie8a8y]

Two immigrants chasing their American dream. The plaintiff learned a lesson, the defendant learned zippo.

[@BrandyYoutube99]

The Russian took advantage of this guy because he seems sweet and naive

[@laopaolao2008]

Hey anyone wanna buy a house? 5k down 😂😂😂

[@williamwilson6499]

He’s lucky the guy admitted to getting the money. Otherwise, he had no standing because there was no contract.

[@myfaithlove9393]

I tell you J J Is So Smart Wow that guy really did a number 🙄

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

I knew he was a scammy kind of a guy But you still gave him your money 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@sle81]

i always wonder what idiots fall for these scams. plaintiff is the prime target.

[@jamesfrench7299]

He's living in the United States and brings his scammy ways with him instead of waking up and being grateful to live there and being on his best behavior. Go back!

[@MrNorthwestern2013]

You’re selling the rights to buy a home that was never listed for sale and you don’t see anything wrong? Yeah, okay scammer.

[@actingtavis]

Isnt this just wholesaling? The issue is, he doesnt know how to properly wholesale.

[@Eolafan1008]

Two shady crooked foreigners.

[@Liv2Pnt]

I think there was no deal, they cooked up this idea together, and now they have $5k from the JJ show that they can split.

[@gary-gt-tsang]

Two things: 1) If the defendant "didn't do anything wrong" as he said at the end then why doesn't he return the $5k deposit back to the plaintiff since he cancel the deal and/or the house didn't sell? 2) The plaintiff needs to be quite at the end because he knew nothing; otherwise he wouldn't have fell for the scam and needing to sue him. If he was truly trying to get into the house flipping business as well, he would've also have his own lawyer in the process. Any knowledgable real estate attorney would have put a clause in the contract to put all money in an escrow and not a personal check to a middle person, and another clause to return the funds back to the plaintiff immediately if the deal is cancelled. As another person have commented, the paper that the plaintiff submitted to JJ states that the plaintiff will only get his money back if there's a new owner which in this case there wasn't any since it never sold.

[@CS-ys4sy]

"I knew he was a scummy kind of guy"...and then just goes on with it anyway.

[@dhsu04]

Wholesalers are the worse.

[@strawberries217]

The plaintiff is so not organized. That's why i hate dealing flipping projects with ppl like him. The whole business is so simple if he made everything clear and organized. He gave the look like he hid sth and that is not necessarily. If the defendant really said to him there is another buyer and back off this deal with him, plaintiff have request the defendant to write an email or a written letter about it. Not just on the phone. That's bs.

[@toringepedersen9614]

Tbh, I thought she meant the case was a scam, that they were in on it together.

[@tonyhoward7004]

Yes he got scammed , but he was also trying to cheat the system too! Hard to feel sorry when someone loses only because they didn't cheat as well as the winner!

[@AshleyFromTX]

One of the many reasons why house flipping should be illegal. These are the people conning hard working people out of home ownership.

[@asoldierstwocentsrawuncut9611]

I disagree. Most people who use a flipper can’t sell their house on the market

[@L.Spencer]

I didn't know people use a flipper, I thought they just sold their houses to them. I'm an avid HGTV watcher, but I don't know anything about how it works in the real world, though.@@asoldierstwocentsrawuncut9611

Also disagree. You sell to a private investor for a variety of reasons. Examples: need quick sale to avoid damaging credit from missed payments, bad condition house that no primary owners want to buy, no fix up costs, no commission to pay, etc. not always a scam.

[@mightyduck311]

Totally agree with you!

[@alex1vid]

??? Totally disagree. So you believe a house that's in disrepair should just remain in disrepair? Have done 3 properties and each one increased the value of the surrounding properties - much to those home-owners delight. Push comes to shove, if you own the property you can always say - get this - NO.

[@presentprogressive8780]

Judge Judy correctly identified a very likely scam, but probably not in the way she is thinking. Wholesaling is actually legal, but the way in which the defendant set up the deal is very scammy. He split the sale between two buyers for 5k each. He wasn't in cahoots with the seller, but most probably with the second buyer who never intended to pay the 5k and flip the house. He was basically just a decoy so that after 20 days the defendant could claim that the funding takes too long and that they have already found a more suitable buyer. Instead, he told the seller that the buyers didn't pay and the deal was off. In the end he got the 5k from the plaintiff and the seller remained whole.

[@raerae6422]

If that is the case, then why has the house owner still not sold or put his house back on the market to this day? Defendant said the owner(Vincent) wanted to sell the house, found the defendants advertisement and reached out to him to sell it. So you are saying Vincent isnt part of it even though this innocent owner not only didnt sell to the plantiff but also didnt sell to the 2nd buyer. Vincent is part of the scam

[@elijahweber8786]

Ok this sounds very scammy, so lemme get this straight the defendant had a deal with the owner to buy the house. The defendant then sold this deal to the plaintiff for $10k. However the plaintiff was taking too long to buy the house and the owner got another offer. This would have canceled the defendant’s original deal so he let the plaintiff off in order to sell the deal to someone else? Why not just buy the house directly from the owner? Why not just pay commission to a trusted realtor to make a deal for you? Why buy a deal someone else made? Sounds like one massive scam, as it so often is with middlemen.

[@joannewalton3059]

You can't put smart Judge Judy

[@themadmillionaire]

This is what happens when you don’t retain an attorney to hold earnest money deposit in escrow…cheap and lazy mistakes. 👩🏿‍⚖️

[@opatter1098]

Wholesaling gone bad