No management costs as it would be self managed, and estimated property taxes by the average of the past few years.

3) Buy a few out of state properties directly through an agent and work with a property manager to manage them? 

We have one property managers whose job is to be our eviction Laison across the whole portfolio.

One thing I'll add to an off-market deal is you might find a seller willing to do seller financing.You said, "I don't think the time exchanged to manage SFH would be worth my time and the cash flow most likely wouldn't be reasonable enough to hire a property manager.

Even better if you can work for a property manager or real estate compnay. 

This is for bandwidth and risk management. 

We manage a property that was having drain field issues for awhile, got estimates and had the owner approve one of the vendors.

No management costs?

By house hacking, you're immediately positioned as a landlord, which will adequately pressure you to learn how to structure your leases, screen applications, collect rental payments, resolve the nuances of managing tenants and addressing property issues, etc.

I’d love to hear your insights or experiences managing properties with similar setups in Pittsburgh.