The BTA ruled that “where the owner of rental property devotes it rental purposes and exclusively to the production of taxable income, the property is used by him in a trade or business”.On appeal, the 6th Circuit came to the conclusion that the building (rented to multiple tenants) was a TB, but they got there via different means.

Quit Claim Deeds can be a scam.

If they are attempting to run a scam on the service dog approach their fall back will be the emotion scam. 

I am not in the business of scamming people, but that seems like the greatest business model of all time.

@Xavier Williams This depends on your level of experience and knowledge, the amount of time you have to devote, your tolerance for risk and your ability to manage a project with a lot of moving parts.

My concern is the check would most likely bounce or be involved in some check kitting scam. 

Since you're new to investing, go slow.1) identify how much time you can devote to investing2) based on nu. 1, determine whether you want to be active investor or passive one3) based on the conclusion in nu. 2, look into options available for either passive or active investors.I have a library of books.

I have devoted ALL my free time away from my full time career in Land Surveying towards learning and studying REI.

Does anyone have any experience trying to get scam listings off of Craigslist?   

Otherwise, it's easy to miscalculate or fall for a scam.