Georgia Buyers Allegedly Tricked With Fake Deeds After Buying Land For Homes | TSR Investigates

Several Black buyers are coming forward after their dreams of homeownership in rural Georgia quickly turned to nightmares. Marlena Barnett is being accused of selling land she didn’t own in what was advertised as a resort community where buyers could build everything from cabins, to vacation townhomes on acres of land. Bonnie Hunt, claims she was a victim of Barnett’s after she invested thousands of dollars and received a deed that she couldn’t file because Barnett didn’t own the land. Several others claim they were scammed out of their money under similar circumstances. Barnett allegedly collected thousands of dollars for plots of land that she didn’t own and is now struggling to pay the investors back what they’re owed. According to Barnett, investors have since been sent a refund request form and she’s started issuing refunds to those individuals. However, the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office is now launching a criminal investigation into Marlena Barnett and the Lakes Of Summerville project. Could Barnett have been selling nothing more than dreams? Or could there be more to the story? The Shade Room investigates…

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