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I sued a realtor who ripped me off for $500 about 4 years ago. Got a default judgment at my first court appearance, but it took two more years of court to force him to actually pay.

Unfortunately, a lot of small time con artists rely on the slowness and opaqueness of the justice system knowing that they can violate contracts at will and there will be no real consequences, ever. Turns out I was the 11th person to sue this guy in small claims court, but the only one to ever successfully collect from him.