I decided to skip it.All in all, I run into rentals at below market most of the time. 

I like the ideal of buying supplies instead of an upfront deposit; if the contractor skip town then at least you still have your supplies unless they stole them too.

Without house hacking, your figures would look like this:$1850+1850 = $3700 - $1500 - $3200 = $-1000 net in your pocket (let's skip principal paydown and tax benefits for now).With house hacking, your figures would look like this:$1850+650+1500 = $4000 - $3200 = $800 net in your pocket. 

Since you have skip-traced lists with them you pretty much locked.

Better off using a mix of like mapdriven with a good CRM and skip trace company and separate mailer company.

Don’t skip safety stuff either—make sure you’ve got working smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and a first aid kit.

There are several skip-tracing companies out there.

Could you skip the 1031 and just sell?

Even if you only averaged 2.8% appreciation annually, which if you've had it 20 years I have no clue how that's true given prices have well more than doubled in that time, youre skipping over the fact that you have been benefiting from that appreciation on the ENTIRE house, not just the % you paid for.  

I built a list and skip traced 750 addresses.