In regards to skip tracing, find and use a company that has flexible pricing options, volume discounts or discount memberships; this will keep your cost of skip tracing down.

One option is to fix it up & then borrow on the equity sort of BRRR style.

I'm not a cashflow is everything guy but I don't like taking money out of my pocket to pay bills. 

Understand different options we have in RE market 2. 

The support for bigger pockets told me the material refered to in the book "Rental property investment"  is only available if you buy the book from the Bp site. 

The city offers a strong rental market and with affordability as well as a median home price below the national average, the city stands out as an attractive option.

Was this not an option for your contractor?

It is an option for sure, but I'm not fully committed to it yet.

@Landon Harless Happy to chat if you'd ever like to discuss options in Myrtle Beach and Conway.

In todays world there are much better options for the application process but there are LOTS of background/credit check companies on the internet that provide different services and have different pricing.