I have read painters say the best way to “remove” wallpaper is to skim coat with drywall compound.

CAN your framer run 2 or 3 crews same with your sider or painter etc. 

A good example of this would be painters. 

Hi Thomas, My father-in-law is a retired union painter of 40+years and I will share with you his advise for both your questions.

Ask a trim carpenter or a drywall hanger for a frame carpenter's recommendation; ask a painter for a drywaller recommendation; ask a frame contractor for foundation installer's recommendation... in short, ask the trade who follows for recommendations for the trade they followed.

Yes the kids usually do a number on the house, but he has painters and handymen that come in and fix everything plus he collects a deposit. 

Ponder on this, you need a lead test if you are to touch any paint near a window if the house is built pre-1978, and if it tests positive, you need to hire somebody who has EPA certificate, they have to get a full coveralls, painters hat, shoe covers, and respirators, then you need an abatement company to throw away those garbage bags even if its only a few chips of paint.

Painters are picky and will nit pick every thing there is to about paint quality.

It removes the mold better and does not saturate the wall.SURFACTANTCY TIPSAlthough this is not the purpose of my whole response, I'd like to share a brief tip that I learned from a painter years ago.

had the same problem. hired a local small contractor to plaster over it. paint....you'd never know there was wallpaper.the painter i got a quote from said he can take that stuff no problem. but he did not want to tell me how he'd do it.