If someone skipped this or any other question I'd just communicate with them that every question must be answered for an application to be complete.There are plenty of bad landlords out there and I know I'm not one of them.

Why not skip all the big cities, and look for lesser known cities like burlington, greensboro, fayetteville?

Therefore he should just skip the 1031 and pocket the cash. 

If you have 1M, I would completely skip SFRs and ESPECIALLY roofstock.   

If it is a single family home, you can use a skip trace search like people look up.

Ask the neighbors if they know what happened to the owner.Do a "skip trace" on the person.

I need to get about three properties skip traced.

In my estimation, first thing to do is to find a bunch of properties, because the chance of the first person accepting your first offer are slim. not unheard of, just SLIM chance.Then find the owners, skip trace their names, pick up the phone and call them and see if you can find any pain or a problem to solve!

I am trying to find a VPN that allows my VA's (virtual assistants) to access FastPeopleSearch.com in order to skip trace.

Skip taking a vacation.