I own Granite and Pine Properties - a Direct to Seller Marketing company that focuses on giving sellers 3 selling options. https://graniteandpinere.com/My advertising is word of mouth, social media, SEO, mailers and cold callers.

A couple tips--Always best to house hack small multis when you are moving around from base to base. 

Hard money and private investing are both ways to finance flips, but they work a little differently.Hard money loans are typically from companies or private lenders that specialize in short-term, high-interest loans.

The people that run these companies usually come from an "investment banking", real estate, or construction background.

In my case, I have residential rentals in one LLC, commercial properties in another, self-storage in a third, and my real estate company operates in a fourth.

The main thing being: giving up a property that appears to have appreciated pretty well is just a touch pill to swallow and I've regretted a few moves I've made when put in a similar situation to yours, and I had less equity in mine.It sounds like you're moving to Raleigh in the near future and want to buy a multifamily to househack.

Who will conduct the move-out inspection and coordinate/supervise turnover?

I know the larger companies around here were charging up to 25% but it will probably vary no matter where you are at.  

You'll need to hire a title company to find out. 

Companies that hire in-house bookkeepers are victims of fraud more times than you can count.