—that we can call on as needed.

It asks them a bunch of questions so I can know whether or not they should even bother spending the money to apply.

I give you credit for setting lofty goals and taking action so young but you  should  reconsider who you are learning from. 

Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – so, they often select the first PMC they call or that calls them back!

.- In our experience, many S8 tenants cannot come up with a security deposit (SD) of a full month of rent:( So, this may be their adaption to the market.

There’s a lot of helpful folks here, so you’re in good company.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/brrrr-loans-what-are-the-...

I thought so too, at least from what I'm finding out. 

So, we're thinking of selling the older houses and buying a newer house in Las Vegas (within 5 to 10 miles from Fremont/Strip area).

I've had some luck with direct mail in the past so I can understand the basic idea of this. 

For the pre-foreclosure properties, the realtor said it took a lot of time to deal with the owner with a big uncertainties so they can't help with those properties either.Please give me some advise on how to use foreclosure.com to find deals correctly.