How likely is it that these are scams?

[Jeff Gersbach]

I live in Atlanta, GA and over the past year I have been researching how to get stared in real estate investing. I would like to have some sort of mentor that I can help in exchange for knowledge, and somebody that I can just ask questions to and talk with. I have been seeing across the entire city and suburbs these small road signs that advertise "Real Estate Investor Seeks Apprentice" they are all different, and some of them even make wild promises like "make $10,000 a week while you learn to invest!" Are you guys familiar with this type of stuff? Some of these may be legit, but some of them...especially the ones who claim you will start off making $10,000 a week....sound like a scam. How would a scam like this work? Would the first question they ask me be "are you willing to take out an $80,000 loan?