Houzez Theme Review
$80,000 Lost to Developer Waqas Riaz—And He Still Wanted More
Welcome to the Houzez Theme Review—a documentation of my experience losing over $80,000 USD after hiring Houzez Real Estate WordPress theme co-founder and developer Waqas Riaz.
With the Houzez wordpress theme's 54,000+ sales, 2,600+ five-star reviews, and ThemeForest's prestigious Power Elite Author badge, I believed I was hiring a trustworthy professional.
I was wrong.
Houzez Theme Review documents the full timeline, evidence, and the hard lessons learned—so you never make the same mistake.