No one is going to wipe your butt or protect you. 

Hi @Terry Harris after inspection depending on what come up I first touch base with my attorney to discuss best approach, he will make sure I am protected during the attorney review phase for items that come up during inspection. 

They use google voice, the use fake or texting apps to shield their phone numbers etc.My question is has anyone else come across this and have you put any safe guards in place to protect property or potential resident from the scam?

There are plenty of markets that you can find in-place income at an attractive rate, but your total returns often suffer in those locations.

If however, they are paying their way as most students are, they too may have suffered a job loss and therefore a loss of income.

@Charlene Stovin, BiggerPockets has worked with attorneys in each state to craft comprehensive documents that conform to each state's laws.If you're scared to death and have anxiety, you need a SOLID lease to protect your assets, not something you downloaded from the internet.

Perhaps there will be another wave of the virus in the fall, but if you've got adequate protections and a backup plan in place, like that 12-month lease Roni mentioned, and you get some tenants in place between now and the next semester, barring any other issues that might arise in the normal course of business, you'll ride this wave with the rest of the student rental community and along with all other investors in your region.

The big picture is there are a lot of people across the world who are being affected and are suffering from the Coronavirus.

The answers to all of these questions have a lot of ramifications for asset protection and tax optimization.This step is the most important one and need a lot of understanding of asset protection and taxes.

@Joshua Van Every the responsibility of a Realtor is to protect his clients!?