Both can save time and improve efficiency, depending on how hands-on you want to be. 

Primarily, my work has been in small commercial retail buildings (new construction and tenant improvements) with some work in single and multi family projects. 

This will allow the team to develop and review project processes and management strategies to move forward with more challenging, yet rewarding, properties.I come from a very process-oriented background (Mechanical Engineering), and my goal is to learn and develop each step of the process, from start to finish, to continuously improve the team and ROI of each project. 

A loose plan in hand is better than a dozen frantic Google searches, trust me.

You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, Facebook, or a Google search.

I think we are decent at bookkeeping- but have areas we can improve on.

I actually prefer some of these search and map features over the MLS.And those that think they can save $$ on commissions will be disappointed.

For example:Second, under their "About us" link, click on "Management" and you'll see a "Meet the Team" page where there's the following photo/info for this James LaPushner fellow you mentioned (which says he was born in New Zealand):However, if you do a reverse Google image search on this photo, you'll find that it's posted on several other sites, including this one: https://planetaseminarov.ru/people/konstantin-baksht.htmlHere's a photo of him from this page:This page is written in Russian, but if you translate it, it says his name is Konstantin Baksht, he lives in Moscow Russia, and he is the owner and CEO of the international consulting company Baksht Consulting Group. 

After searching more, I found a few BP post where people seemed to have one account for all deposits, and keep only deposits in there.

Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.