A few things to keep in mind: the entire operation must be outsourced, and neither you nor your immediate family members can't be involved as you are considered "disqualified persons."

I didn't realize that Steadily basically uses Fortegra and then also outsources to other insurance companies.

Wealthability is a marketing arm that actually just outsources to CPA firms in their "network". 

@Marc DelgadoSince I provide CFO Outsourcing services to my clients (which includes book keeping) I wanted to weigh in here with my advice.

Another idea is to hire 3 cold callers in the price of 1 by outsourcing to the Philippines.

As my OP mentioned, once the door count increases in a handful, my question is wouldn't this make more sense to have your own team involved instead of outsourcing to a property management firm?

>not all RE investment has equal return/risk , syndication in multifamily for example is outsourcing all risk to investor while gp makes the most money lolcommercial MF has struggled for a few years and therefore the returns of any syndication that was hoping to profit from buying undervalue and improving management is likely not doing well. 

I would equate it to managing yourself when you are not set up to manage properties.There is scalability in this...Now to play the Devils advocate if you get autopayments set-up you can always figure out how much interest was paid each year and what your payoff is so just decide how competent you are in that and be honest with yourself, there is nothing wrong in outsourcing parts of your business.

That being said, syndication can be a great way to build a big business that has plenty of opportunity for automation/outsourcing to one day become less involved.

Based on my knowledge, your opinion, and what others have said; it may be best to hire a reputable architect as the builder will most likely outsource the design and mark up the cost.