How does it address situaitons where occupants either have a fake lease or got scammed by someone posing as the landlord?

I hope everyone scammed here is able to recover at least some money; however the subject “guru” appears to be quite adept at dodging responsibility and consequences.  

I find I either get poor quality leads or outright scams.

It is possible the largest investment shift in the last 395 years is some kind of tulip scam and there are elements to compare to that, however we are not talking toys or flowers in this case.

The guy in the article was running an exchange, sort of like a bank, and he was also connected to another earlier huge exchange scam.

They immediately believe they’ve been defrauded, which of course MAY be true as a lot of these investment deals are scams from day one.  

Here is a link to the pitch: https://tripleuprealestate.com/Affordable_HousingF.pdfWell, @Phil Matheney, you asked...Your 'Unique Real Estate Program' is a scam and has no business on BiggerPockets or in the real estate investing community.

There is likely more as this is just a few of the people who know about the group through word-of-mouth.I'm making this post to hopefully get it seen when people search his name, so they avoid working with him and getting scammed too.  

How does one go about making sure that a company is legit and not just a shell or scam?

The industry was a bait and switch scam from the beginning, mostly used for illegal activity.