After looking into multiple skip tracing services and deciding on Smarter Contact, my partners and I were upset to find there were quite a few charges after paying $300 for the service; including a $140 fee to remove the "reply STOP to unsubscribe" feature.

Humans can be paid a finders fee in California. 

You are mention the higher costs for MTR-- I would adjust the cleaning fee and add incidental insurance like Waivo to cover those costs.

PadSplit is not passive but it has been a mostly positive experience for me.His numbers seem realistic except PadSplit fees are typically 14.75% (not 14.25%)which is a 12% platform fee and a 2.75% stripe fee to allow members to pay their rent w a credit card. 

Id refinance, pull that equity and get something else.

Secondly I would look into if it make sense using realtor or not, there are markets that it makes sense and there are markets where unless you as the owner are paying agent fee most will pass. 

He's on SSDI (Social Security Disability Income) at just under $1,500 a month and he wants to do some wholesales to make some extra income.Lets say he does a deal or multiple deals and makes any assignment fee on it/them and the profit exceeds 1.5k which is higher than his disability per month.

If it stays beyond what's paid for either move it to a storage area on your land and keep track of storage fees or see if you can have someone tow it offsite for you and in that case they will have to pay whatever fee the tow yard charges. 

I found a buyer for my home, got a payoff statement from the mortgage company stating the payoff was $247,000 (principal at $233,000 + fees and charges), the buyer was willing to pay $271,000.

Just payments and lease particulars (late fees etc. those are good).