Conversely, there are a lot of scam artists with little to no knowledge and/or experience which gives the industry a bad reputation. 

has anyone signed up to this or is it a scam?

If someone is selling real estate on eBay it's probably either a scam or a property that has no value.

The only way to "fix" credit is paying bills on time and allowing 7 years to pass from the time the derogatory mark was placed on the credit report.There are scams out there promising to fix credit.

But probably able to scam someone into buying the duplex for him.

And on educational materials make sure your vet the teacher to see if they are running a scam or legit.

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Google Clayton Morris scam and/or Morris Invest scam for a cautionary tale of what not to do when buying turnkey real estateUnderstand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

He also had a long history of cocaine trafficking and all sorts of scams he'd served time for ... 

How did you figure out it was a scam? 

.: But now I am unable to get any submissions after sending prospects my screening link which I created with google forms.We have tried this approach several different ways over the years with the same level of success that you are experiencing, almost full non-compliance.Prospective tenants are gun shy of scams, as they should be, and are less willing to give up information about themselves.