I am starting out in the rental real estate investment space and considering Section 8 rentals - not necessarily limited to any specific city (would appreciate suggestions).

What stops the person with 51% ownership from…Hiring their spouse to manage the property @ 50% commissionHiring relatives for cleaning/maintenance at inflated prices.Blocking out holidays for their use. etc etc. 

What’s the best way to get started using BiggerPockets?

So at this point I started being much more persistent about asking for updates and I did start to get some from Scott's assistant.

Does anyone have a few affordable skip tracing software's to start out with?

Rented it for a few years then slowly started making updates to increase rent.

So we'll see if the numbers start to pick up.

Start your real estate investment journey with Brandon Turner's "The Stack" method, starting with small multifamily properties and gradually moving to larger ones.

I'm just starting to get my feet wet with real estate investing.

That will give you a good baseline to start from.You can also use AirDNA by buying the specific area to drill down farther.Try https://www.awning.com/airbnb-estimator as well.