All that said we have and still out source all our management. 

Outsource that stuff.

As you pursue these leads, you'll close a few and then you can reinvest some of your profits into higher end services like Lexis Nexus and train someone to upload batch files for processing or outsource the no-hit leads to a pro skip trace service.The reason I advise you approach in this manner is that many people inadvertently become data hoarders but never take any meaningful action on the info they do have.

He's been getting so much work that he's outsourced some of it to me.

One common thread of these "successful" companies is that they outsource their non core competencies.

Just getting started and wondering how many of you manage your properties yourself versus outsourcing?

If you don't like something, insist on a change or don't sign it.My preference is to use smaller property managers who are directly responsible for their work and do not outsource it. 

Is is in fact cheaper to outsource many of those tasks  as opposed to taking into account the value/cost of your own time?

As your operation gets bigger if you dont want to outsource I recommend getting buildium, which is 45 a month.  

The obvious hip-shot is to maximize rents and minimize expenses, so look for means to reduce or avoid your monthly outlay, like moving utilities to the tenants, shopping for a better insurance company, outsourcing laundry services.