If you want to scale, that requires you to really, really look at what you are doing.If you find you love managing the process, then great, outsource the deal finding, if you love the deal finding, then outsource the process.

That effort is outsourced to their strategic partners that are strictly in the testing business.We had a pretty big laundry list...

The great news is outsourcing a team of cold callers will give you more time to focus on hunting more areas to target with your marketing. 

It can be a significant expense in upstate New York winters -Landscaping including mowing and snow removal-capital expenditures - if you plan to buy and hold eventually you'll need to replace the roof, water heater, etc. best to put aside a little every month -property management - if you self manage this will just be part of your cash flow, but as you grow your business or if you hate managing you may need to outsource.

I've not explored how a management company would implement the proper controls, but can say that the company I work for has developed a more robust process after one of our out-sourced PM companies embezzled rent payments and security deposits.

Hours per month can be significantly suppressed with a property manager and outsourcing maintenance and rehabbing.  

(I'm not heartless, I'm just not going to waste time and money on a deadbeat, I will stick to this philosophy within reason.)Once I've got enough properties to make management a full time job, I'm outsourcing to a property manager and will focus my efforts on managing my property manager.EXPENSES:Mentioned earlier, I realize that on average 50% of collected rents go to expenses along the life of the properties so I will set 50% aside diligently in the LLC's savings emergency fund to kick Murphy out of the business.MY LOGIC:I am risk adverse.

Like @Lee Marsteller said, I have heard Odesk is good, and I've heard from many that the Phillipines is the place to outsource to, due to price, understandability of English (which apparently understandability is not a word, so they won't use it..) and educated, hard-working people.

Or will you need to outsource those things?

Trying to figure out if I should keep it in house or out source this position.