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"How to make good deals while avoiding the pitfalls of real estate and how to obtain compensation when the dream turns into a nightmare? Poor workmanship, hidden defects, overvalued properties: we went back up the real estate chain and uncovered the practices of certain more than dubious companies and new real estate deals. At the heart of the scandal, certain diagnostic agencies. Asbestos, lead, termites, they are supposed to guarantee the quality of the property for sale, in complete independence. In fact, the investigation reveals that certain real estate agencies would collude with unscrupulous diagnosticians to falsify the results, in order to receive bigger commissions... on the backs of the clients. The program also focuses on new constructions. How to spot unscrupulous developers? How to buy at a good price without getting scammed? Finally, the show's journalists infiltrated a company specializing in real estate investment programs with dubious practices: false promises, memorized arguments, bad faith - anything goes to get the client to sign... but sometimes the consequences can be dramatic: for example, Marie-Christine thought she had secured her future by trusting one of these advisors: for three years, she has been sleeping in her car to repay the loan for an investment that turned out to be catastrophic. Director: Guillaume Barthélémy "How to do good business while avoiding the pitfalls of real estate and how to obtain compensation when the dream turns into a nightmare? Poor workmanship, hidden defects, overvalued properties: we went back up the real estate chain and uncovered the practices of certain more than dubious companies and new real estate deals. At the heart of the scandal, certain diagnostic agencies. Asbestos, lead, termites, they are supposed to guarantee the quality of the property for sale, in complete independence. In fact, the investigation reveals that some real estate agencies collude with unscrupulous diagnosticians to falsify the results, in order to receive bigger commissions... on the backs of the clients. The show also focuses on new constructions. How to spot dishonest developers? How to buy at a good price, without getting scammed? Finally, the show's journalists infiltrated a company specializing in real estate investment programs with dubious practices: false promises, memorized arguments, bad faith, anything goes to get the client to sign... but sometimes the consequences can be dramatic: for example, Marie-Christine thought she had secured her future by trusting one of these advisors: for three years, she has been sleeping in her car to repay the loan for an investment that turned out to be catastrophic. Director: Guillaume Barthélémy - Follow us on social media: Facebook: / investigationsenquetes