However I've been told that emails are highly preferable because they can track the IP address....anyone could pick up someone's cell phone. 

I already live out in the country so cell service isn't great, but then they lost a number of cell towers and since internet was down just about everywhere, the cell towers were overloaded.

Do you think that was more like an EULA on a cell phone, just some legal mumbo jumbo you had to sign through to get things done but didn't really believe was ever a "real" potential? 

I see we're wearing our busy-body bossy pants today.  

Contractors.Except we called it " buying a beat up hose & selling it for a profit"HGTV and GURUS  couldn't make it sound trendy though  ROFLMAO  More fun facts; The oldest contractor licensing body in the United States is the California License Board founded in 1929.Contractors are called contractors because we write Contracts.

It became everything from a drug den to sex trafficking to an illegal auto body shop.

Ladies who have body lotion and other stuff on will jump right in the hot tub without rinsing it off.  

But we have a lot of interaction with guests before they ever arrive - we require a photo ID of whomever has booked our house (and the name and info has to match the booking info), a working cell phone number that we will send a test message to by text to confirm it belongs to the guest (or is at least in their possession), and we converse with them to let them know what to expect from us (and if we have any specific concerns we share those as well) - for example, this week if we had anyone scheduled to arrive we would be discussing the incoming hurricane. 

I do not think this topic has been discussed here on BP so let me throw it out there - lets talk about finding the buried bodies. 

Shoot me a message if interested and I can share his cell so you two can connect.