Instead, I just decided to head in "that direction" and figured I'd get to the destination eventually. 

I'm on Airbnb and Vrbo, and also Houfy (direct bookings) but have stayed away from Booking .com because of the horror stories from fellow hosts.

There are direct flights into Cancun from pretty much anywhere in the world.7.

So here is what I do:1 - Get buyer criteria for what they are looking for (exact criteria)2 - Go source that criteria using data provider3 - Scrub the list and plan a marketing campaign around it (i.e) > Direct Mail > Cold Call > SMS > Online Ads > Social Media, etc4 - Once I get inbound leads coming in.

Just contact a collections agency and send them proof of the debt owed (could be the signed lease agreement or a judgement if you have one).

With a B-D, you usually sign an agreement not to contact anyone, especially the borrower. 

I would check with an insurance agent for an actual quoteI would like to make a few calls if you can share insurance agent contacts

In addition to direct real estate, I invest fairly heavily in index funds.  

Would have been a good title for a forum thread for people looking to do direct exchanges.

Even if you don't feel you have enough info to give me directional advice, how would you go about deciding whether to address the problem?