@Jake PickettIf you want to self-manage, you can minimize risk by outsourcing to a leasing agent.

You can hire someone to pull local leads for you and you can outsource the direct mail as well. 

To each their own, but sites like Upwork etc have made outsourcing very easy and safe even for small  businesses.

Outsourcing the various aspects of aquiring the deals?

In all things, you should outsource that which you can afford to outsource if you hate doing it.

This includes tenant screening, writing leases if you don't hire a PM, managing rent payment systems, filing as needed with the county/city, maintenance and upkeep and how to out-source jobs that you don't want to do or can't do, scheduling, maintaining income and expense records, and the list goes on.

I automatically collect rent through cozy and outsource some odds and ends work through an app called TAKL.

Taxes at 1.5% means a hefty tax each month on top of the note, maintenance and other expenses and will you manage it or outsource the property. 

I actually enjoy working on houses because of that its allowed me to retire much sooner because my overhead cost is much lower because I don't outsource all the work.

I am really only looking to lay tile, lay floors, hang drywall, cabinets, and ceilings, countertops etc....everything else I will outsource (electrical, plumbing, mechanicals, roofing).