I usually have one company that handles all the rehab, instead of outsourcing sections of the project.

Basically outsource the whole project.Any help in this matter will be greatly appreciated ......

Is it possible at all to outsource all of these instances to a property manager?

He was just one of those angry people in life.Items that HD outsources for (carpet, for example) are exempt from the discount.?

Mostly I see this preservation activity being out-sourced to contractors rather than being done by in-house employees; but I would imagine that in areas that have an abundance of foreclosures that the banks can keep a crew of employees busy doing this stuff.Now, sometimes it can take time to record the new deed after the foreclosure completes, but the lender as the new owner will get the preservation actions started ASAP - so a deed might look like still owned by a borrower but the bank has it as REO, and so this is another possibility in addition to what Brian Burke has already pointed out.

Our small and mid-sized business clients outsource IT management to us.

I really want to get to understand every part of the business as I scale upward, doing everything myself, until I am comfortable with my understanding of the details and how it works, and then eventually outsourcing it. 

My guess is that someone would be grateful to have someone to outsource at least part of that process to.Is it worth your time?

Managing residential rental real estate is a challenging, difficult and relatively low paying use of one"s times, and I don't think you can afford to outsource it.

I know there is the DIY and some people outsource.