You could just skip trace all of them and mail then call then call again, or you could search the property (ie previous purchase price, comps, etc to get scoop.

Does skip tracing work for finding Apartment sellers? 

If you get rent as a deposit the tenant will expect to use the money as rent and want to skip a month or two along the way pretty soon that security is eaten up.Tenant A may have less job stability but she has 200k coming in. 

This is especially useful because it will allow you to cold call which often has a better response rate than direct mail.If you have a marketing budget of a few hundred bucks or so, you can also pay for marketing lists and skip tracing services.

Never skip the credit report ever.

One option to maybe consider is the possibility of purchasing in your name (if financing through the LLC isn't doable right now with a traditional loan product and keeping yourself fully separated) and obtaining an umbrella policy - some investors do this and skip the LLC altogether, others use this in combination with LLC's.

If I strip my response of all stupid jokes (example: SA/Austin re: best breakfast tacos):1.

I’ve had a friend here in Colorado ask for a 1% discount by contacting the listing agent, in attempts to do what you mentioned, skip out on using a buyers agent and get money back.

I am skipping the taxes and ignoring market volatility (which could result in higher or lower numbers), but you get the point.

My family and I are going to be moving for work but we intend to keep our current home for a while despite moving to a new home. How soon would I need to sell my current home to qualify for the capital gains tax exemp...