**Disclaimer**: Being young, I don't have a lot of responsibility so I am fine with being more hands on now to be able to have more time to spend with family later on.My what: I'm looking to buy small multi-family property to house hack and gain equity quickly over the next few years.

Heck, I hand wash my dishes mostly at home anyway.I am targeting a February move-in.

Sit on your hands a little longer. 

A piece of advise if he lays hands on you or your son immediately go to court and see if it qualifies for a peace order or similar. 

There are many options for skip tracing, most just send a query to a single database while others hand-scrub the lists for the results.

As an appraiser I’ve appraised a handful of properties recently that are outside of city limits and operating successfully as STR’s that don’t have the same regulations as the city of St Pete.

Maybe one day.Quote from @Jordan Ray: Quote from @Sushil Iyer: I am a new(ish) investor with a handful of properties in the DFW area.

On the other hand, passive strategy will buy more expensive house at a nicer neighborhood.

It's why most large landlords use their own in-house tools/software they pay someone a one time fee to setup for them and then hand off. 

It can be hand written with the terms that both parties are agreeing to.