Our ultimate goal was to get possession back the easiest & most economic way possible.  

Ultimately you want to set up a strategy that fits your personal needs and will grow with you in the future.

Ultimate Skip Trace says they can do 94% accuracy but won't let me do a small test. 

Of course, even if I had a tenant occupying the property, I would still be the one ultimately responsible for the monthly payments to the seller and if I had any vacancy, I still have every intention on satisying that monthly payment to the seller so I still consider myself to be trustworthy in this type of situation. 

Cleveland & most of the suburbs on the west side (except for Lakewood) do not have a POS requirement.For more information on all the neighborhoods we have here in the Cleveland market I recommend giving The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods a read.

Ultimately, I feel value has to be paid for - nothing is free in life.

What I would hate to have happen is for you to post a question on BiggerPockets asking if you should do an expensive education program and get a ton of negative feed back, and then decide not to do it, and then ultimately not do anything because no one reached out and offered to help you learn.

But this year ultimately will be the highest gross rentals since we started doing str's.

Welcome to BP @Nathan CHAPMAN Be sure to read the Bigger Pockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to start and utilize BP for all it has to offer.

The BiggerPockets 'Ultimate Beginners Guide...' has been extremely useful - and encouraging!