Tbh, in today's market, folks want to have a personal connection or at least know the person behind the company so having a great social media presence will work as well. 

Always posting to social media about how terrible our apartment was. 

I am willing to go so far as to say they intentionally are seeking investment sources who don't have the means or sophistication to conduct appropriate diligence.Sadly social media has made it far easier for these bad actor capital raisers to get in front of their target audience with ease.

Find me on social media and reach out if youd like.

There are social service orgs in MD that offer free legal advise to people in such matters if they can't afford to hire an attorney.

@Kenneth P Ford they are a national franchise with great marketing.They also have some national support for their individual franchises, but it all depends on the local team.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I am not sold that it is as easy as claims and just another young social media guru taking advantage and that doing their process will be very time consuming to get a lead that goes through.

Lots of people lie, I also find with social media some are overly dramatic. 

You don't need to spend endless money on the national courses which never give you a result and never teach you anything you can actually apply.As a general rule, if you find a class or group promoted in your social feeds, or on TV, etc., you want to stay away from those. 

@Michael CliffordRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.