Budget has a lot to do with what an investor can do, but personally I prefer option b because the outcome is in my hands.

Feel free to reach out via personal messages. 

In your personal strategy are you still renting out the main floor rooms in a house hacking strategy?

I haven't done any skip tracing really.. but I you look at all of those sites like been verified, spokeo, etc... you can tell there is a ton of information out there tied to every person, people with the same names in same cities... multiple people tied to different addresses..etc...    

I don't have personal experience, but I hear Charlotte is the fastest growing and has strong rent rates.

It starts getting a little suspicious when they keep moving the goal post time after time.  

But at .93 I'll still keep doing it!!

Keep hitting the same list for at least 6 mo.

We brought the earnest money out of our personal bank account $500 and fortunately found an end buyer within our inspection window.

If they are competent, they will keep you out of trouble.As a PM, I would not bother sending someone in for mold testing.