Buying an investment property from Bigger Pockets Marketplace

[Lesley Govan]

Hi, 

I'm a newbie and just upgraded on BP to a Plus member. I really want to get started in RE investing and I've been reading as much as I can and listening to the BP podcasts and joined my local REIAs. I've recently started looking in the Marketplace here and there seem to be a lot of great deals but I don't know if I should trust them. How do you vet someone from the Marketplace to find out if their legit?