In February 2011, I was searching for housing on Craigslist. I ran across a picture of a house that I was interested in renting. After clicking on the link, I called the phone number on the web page. According to the sales pitch that I was given by Derek Smith, who also gave me his "direct line" to call him back, if I paid $200 I would receive a list of homes that were in pre-foreclosure. The next step would be to contact the home owner, who was likely desperate to be out from under the obligation of the home. Thus, I would contact the homeowner, who would contact American Standards Online(ASO), who would contact me. According to "Mr. Smith", I could easily be in a house as close to work as possible by April 2011 at a price I could afford. If I didn't, I would be able to get a refund. Apparently, I didn't see it for the sounds to good to be true scheme that it was. It was not a no-risk offer. The information that "Mr. Smith" left out, was that when you send a letter to "Homeowner", it generally gets tossed in the garbage. The expectation is that you have to send out 40 letters to get a response. After you send out 20 letters ASO recommends that you send out SASE's with the form letters. The postage cost became prohibitive to continue when I was getting no response. The only responses I ever got were 4 letters returned by the post office because the houses were already vacant. The customized searches I was supposed to get took 2 reminder calls and were not in the time promised. The refund was denied because homeowners did not respond. I ended up renting an apartment instead. I complained to the attorney general, who declined the case. Craigslist has also not responded.