Propstream is a platform to get more details of a particular property and they dont have skip tracing facility. 

These contracts run from 3 - 5 years; is there a downside to skipping recording until deed is ready to go to the borrower, as long as I'm staying on top of taxes?

From my conversations with others in the industry, I've noticed that skip tracing software, like the ones I mentioned, can be very useful.

I started reading on page one and then skipped to page 9.  

Just skip that month’s mortgage payment?

The heavy discount for List Source and the skip tracing was a big draw for my interest.

my father has been investing in detroit for 22 years over 100 different properties i am not sure which is the better choice but we always have the tenants fill out an affidavitwater bills in detroit can come in extremely high at times and if the tenant decides to skip out on paying rent and bills, it can cost you thousands if it is under your name and not theirs.

I’ve shopped around with a bunch of different skip tracers and what I’ve landed on for residential is using MLS data (Realist or Remine) or local County data to pull the lists.

Don't skip this step. 

You could probably find better luck on Fiverr to get you to skip trace those sites.