@Sergio Diaz let's guess, you signed up for an online "guru" course raving about how S8 tenants are suddenly the best thing ever and solve all a landlord's problems?

Public record - County Clerk online has records in the hundreds of thousands in most states!

It is well documented online that soap in a sump pump accumulates and solidifies and then blocks the pump’s abilty to move.

And when know what your doing and striking out on own is an option, you will have the knowledge of how-to vs following what random persons online randomly say. 

If you know of any local groups, events, or online communities where I could meet others who share this interest!

His negative reaction and aversion to wanting a neutral third party to play referee was a tip off to me to do more research and after paying $25USD for an online background check on the seller I discovered he had multiple judgements against him for business fraud even though the title to the property was clear.My personal lessons from my scammer were1.

I started doing some research and reading online forums, and it seems like my friend isn't alone.

Nobody I know of uses faxes any more whether hard copy or online.

It takes me less than an hour to file the protests online, ZERO dollars. 

Switching online services is unfortunately not an option because the large majority of house seekers use zillow.