I want to send thousands of letters per week and out source it vs using my in house staff.

@Ted Kawabata I would recommend beefing up your tech usage and implementing systems to replace the things that can be outsourced. 

Personally, I think even if your long term plan is to own bigger buildings and outsource the management it is in your best interest to start by buying a 3-4 unit in a B-B+ neighborhood and manage yourself. 

I will play Devil's Advocate and disagree with Jacob on the payment issue -- if your mentor is a busy person (as most successful investors are), time is money, and outsourcing smaller tasks for pay is a good business decision.

I'm hoping to self manage although I should still comfortably cash flow if I choose to outsource.  

Whether you learn to do the research yourself, delegate it or outsource it, there is a certain amount of risk, especially when in a time crunch. 

At this point I probably have a little more money than time so I think I am going to start outsourcing more of the leg work of finding deals.

Please let me know your thoughts, PS my farther is a builder so if price for construction sounds cheap that could be why, it will not be outsourced to a contractor,

Many outsource some tasks, others build an entire virtual team.

I agree with you ... folks should NOT buy somewhere they are not familiar with and newbies should not buy somewhere they will have outsource everything and be 100% independent on others, regardlessof if that place is in state or out of state.