Do you outsource via a service or do you just pay folks you know to do this for you?

He's been in construction for 10 years and he's confident that he can accomplish 60-80% of the rehab with his construction buddy, and outsource whatever he cannot do. 

That will teach you the basics and give you the knowledge to determine whether you want to continue on like that or outsource the PM duties.

As much as you can outsource activities, there are many decisions which will either enhance or destroy the returns.

I outsourced as much as I could because I am a full time General Manager which is very time consuming.

DIY is dead, outsource instead.

Property managers who are good at what they do and are established have options which is why for the most part they do not manage properties in class D areas for the same reason you want to outsource the management.

Mt previous lenders had outsourced the underwriting and that caused a lot of issues because even the underwriter was wrong dead about a lot of things.

I currently use TenantCloud property management software to self manage our handful of units, but would like to outsource to a property manager at some point after we've acquired more units. 

For example, leverage a general contractor to help you with rehab estimates, leverage virtual personal assistants to help you field phone calls from leads, build relationships with real estate agents, inspectors, appraisers during your lunch hours and learn as much as you can every day about real estate.In time I believe you will find some areas that you are interested in and passionate about and you will also realize other areas that you don't want to do yourself (you can outsource those tasks).