The changes apparently haven't come into effect yet and as we have an election this year, who knows what will happen. 

It's just a single family home so the rents don't effect the appraised value.

If it's more complicated eviction.com may be your best bet to use they are pretty cost effective.

For these, costs tend to double across the board, especially for older buildings.

These are two entirely different worlds that need two completely different skill sets to effectively manage.

It only costs $0.07 per lead to skip trace.

It is quite effective. 

Do you believe it will now be more cost effective to hold a license or do you believe the expenses will go up with what I assume will be a flight from the business by low producing real estate agents? 

it ignores (1) all the costs that have to be expended simply to process a transaction, and (2) the higher maintenance costs you will be incurring in that type of neighborhood. 

Some even offer preferred interest rates as low as 5.75% at no cost to you.