As somebody else that just joined and is posting in a similar thread, look at it from this perspective. I knew about dansdeals, but I didn't know how active this forum was. When I got here I saw several threads that presented good opportunities for me. While it makes sense to be skeptical, it also makes sense that somebody experienced might join and immediately see a good opportunity. I would personally understand if somebody doing a transaction with me wanted to structure it so that I was the one taking the initial risk though.