Seaside House to be Raffled to Help Boys and Girls Club

[Geo]

There is a lot of money to be made in fundraising (by individuals and organizations other than the one advertised as being benefited).

I have a friend who owns such a business and he has nice contracts with some small police departments across the country. The way he operates is pretty eye opening. He meets with the police organization and gets them to commit to a fundraising goal. Then his folks hit the phones and meet that goal but once they meet it he doesn't stop. He keeps fundraising because all those dollars above are his. The cops don't care cuz they met their goal and did none of the work. And he makes a killing by continuing to ask for money for the police even though it is going into his pockets...

 

[Smiling JOe]

Somewhere I recently read that the biggest scam is the fundraisers for the FL Highway Patrol, because the FL Highway Patrol receives only about 8% of the funds raised.

 

[scooterbug44]

And the people fundraising for them are SO rude and dishonest I have actually called and complained to the Po-po! :angry:

 

[ChillPill]

Want to Raffle Your House? Mostly, You Can't


Written by Ilyce Glink, Agent in Chicago
August 10, 2009 12:22 PM Home Selling
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Thinking of conducting a house raffle to unload your house instead of selling it? It's illegal for homeowners to raffle off their own house. Instead, you have to work with a nonprofit organization and transfer ownership of the house to them. The nonprofit can then raffle off your house, and you'll get a tax deduction[COLOR=blue ! important][/color] - not cash.

If you haven't been able to sell your home, you might be thinking that if you raffle your house, you'll have solved all your home selling problems.
But before you print out house raffle tickets on your printer, beware: Most house raffles are illegal unless the house is owned by a non-profit organization BEFORE you start the raffle.
Here's how it should work:

1. You'll transfer title to the house to a nonprofit.
2. The nonprofit will then pull the required permits from the local county sheriff's office, as well as the mounds of paperwork that are required when conducting a raffle.
3. The raffle will have to have rules written (preferably by an attorney) and scrupulous attention to detail is required.
4. You'll want to set up a website, figure out a way to accept PayPal or credit cards[COLOR=blue ! important][/color], and how you're going to keep the books for the house raffle.
5. Then, and only then, can you actually start selling tickets to raffle off your house.

Remember: A nonprofit has to own the property before the house raffle starts, do everything you can to avoid getting caught in a house raffle scam, and really, just forget the whole raffle idea and consider a house auction instead.
Here's a link to the charitable gaming laws in each state.


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Chillpills personal opinion: Sadly, the lack of specific details available on this "Beach Raffle" leads me to believe this is perhaps a large 'fund raiser' of personal bank accounts (not the homeowner, I believe its the 3rd party).

I have not been able to locate where this property has been legally transferred to the non-profit Boys & Girls Club of America. I can find several "Press Releases" that all track back to the original "Affiliate/for-profit company" who owns several LLC's all for multi-level marketing programs. No phone numbers are available, only contact can be made via internet...(because scammers dont want to talk to you when you find out you've been scammed, they just shut the site down).

I am awaiting a response from the Boys & Girls Club Headquarters, hopefully they will provide additional information soon.

 

[SHELLY]

I don't know, SHEL. I think yer being a bit harsh. Amber wasn't quoted as saying she bought the house in 2000. So perhaps this was an error on the part of the person who did the write up rather than a fib on Amber's part.

Using the Boys and Girls Club as a front?

"We've tried to sell our house through traditional venues for the past two years," said homeowner Amber Woodward. "When we were approached, we thought, 'Hey, this is a creative, innovative way that we can sell our home and still make some money for the Boys and Girls Clubs.' "

Doesn't sound like anyone is doing anything underhanded to me.

This thing worked on me. I am going to donate for a ticket. I originally had my charitable contributions allocated elsewhere.

Harsh???....Moi????

(1) How can Amber be "selling a home for the past 2 years" when she only bought it in January 2008? Did she put the house on the market before she bought it?? I don't think even Bobby J is that good.

(2) They have to sell all 100,000 tickets in order for someone to "win" the house. That will let Mayo and Amber off the hook and walk away with a cool $600,000...not my idea of philanthropic.

(3) Amber claims this as a "second home," yet it's rented out under the Seaside Rental Program...is that a problem?

(4) If you want to donate to the Boys' and Girls' Club, instead of throwing all your money away on this scheme and the Boys & Girls only ending up with $10 (With Amber & Mayo getting $10; Internet Partners/Affiliates getting $5; Technology(?) getting $2.50; Marketing getting $2; Brokers getting $1.50; and Payment Processing getting $1.50) why not write a check for $15 to the B&G Club and write in to get a free entry in the house raffle?

(5) Geo, haven't we discussed money making schemes before? It's not good to be throwing your hard-earned money into the toilet...not here...not now...not ever.

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