Skip to the 6:00 mark to get into the nitty-gritty.

This is exactly why I believe that most people interested in actively participating in real estate (as opposed to just buying shares in REITs) biggest failure is that they want to skip the 12 - 36 months necessary to learn and experience real estate principles, real estate finance, and real estate law.  

Alternatively, you could skip the cameras and post signs everywhere (and in your marketing) and just claim you have cameras.

Does anyone know of solid valid reasons you can provide TLO with to get approved for their skip tracing service? 

Skip the vacations, skip eating out with friends.  

There are several other Skip Tracing companies with flexible spending options, no high-cost monthly commitments.

It can still work, but focusing in and around your backyard is smarter as long as you don't rush to make a net negative deal which you aren't doing.If you are nearby, I would skip property management for a single-family home.

Distressed commercial assets, as most good real estate, come from building relationships over years, not from buying a program, getting a good SMS system, and making a flowchart on how to be the best.You are  trying to skip the steps that all long-term investors have mastered, knowing other investors and leveraging deal flow between each other because the trust is there.

For SMS its the skip traced / phone numbers you use to SMS to.   

Hi @Ray Hernandez, relevant thread, skip to OP bullet point 5 if you wish.Note how secure his private money lenders were in that case.