The house is located in South Durham which is seeing a lot of growth recently, and is only about 1 mile from my house.

As an investor event's like this make me stay away from investing within 5 miles.Basically, that means that rent growth is likely to track inflation for the next couple years. 

Having both will grant you with more confidence and greater access to necessary information (not to mention saving time, as you will not have to wait for someone else to allow you to view a property or provide comparables as your wife can now carry out such tasks).

On top of this report, Moody’s Analytics tells that the growth in single-family home rentals will be accelerated.

Here's what you need to check in both...Job creation with projections and median salariespopulation growth projectionsRE trends...avg DOM, median price, # units sold (sweet spot units 3/2/2), etcquality of schools (greatschoold.org)Major employers in both areas (each area probably has an Economic Development Corp that will have a wealth of canned information)anything else you can think of that helps you compare apples to appleIn addition to the above, I would research the sub-markets within each area.

It's a double edge sword of growth vs safety(risk:reward) and everyone is different when it comes to tolerances.

I'm looking for someone to help with data analytics, quickbooks reconciling and such, CRM management, transaction coordination, and basically any other task I can outsource. 

This calculation can take that expected growth and growth in cash flows combined into one metric to look at the investment.Personally, I don't really look at IRR because it is a highly manipulated metric.

I'd recommend to find a mentor to learn under to accelerate your growth.

. - Several people told me this.Job out tasks that are below your paygrade - J ScottMuch of what I learned was from doing, making mistakes and doing my best not to repeat those mistakes.