Even if the tenant used a legit person or company with a receipt it would be likely higher than what you could have gotten it repaired for.In this case it sounds like the tenant might not have even had a repair performed and is running a scam.

I currently work and go to school part time, but I do have plenty of time left over to devote to real estate.

Phil certainly knows this business and I believe they are legitimate - not a scam at all.

This Involves a lot of marketing and a lot of time on your part - so it all depends on how much time you devote to Have to marketing and selling your flip.

Any scams similar to this?

I put in my funding request and now I have all type of scam artists contacting me.

Scam?  

There are so many choices for schooling, i am sure some of the choices are scams. 

At the current time, I'm not sure that I can devote the time it would require to hunt for investors.

Can also do this again on backpage but would definitely word it extremely different as to not seem like a scam (on different days as well).