Our goal is to be able to use either some type of software or spreadsheets to continue to build off of and help dial in our costs as we begin to hire more contractors for our team.

Quote from @Jeff Sanders: Personally coming from an agent/investor in CA, I always get a quote from a broker of mine and make sure I am knowledgeable with the fees/costs.

Anything you do remote will come at a cost of operational inefficiencies and a higher cost of doing business.

.$8,000 would likely go away in closing costs.

Renting out your current home could provide steady income, helping offset the new property's costs. 

Even with renovation costs and insurance costs the fix n flips are still making money.  

So if I do a good analysis of the property (including all the costs) and the property generates monthly CF with a DSCR above 1.1, I would be removing a big risk because the numbers add up.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Hre are the key things to knowWhat you are bidding on - often oddball properties that are hard to identify and have little value are auctioned offThe true as is value of the property, The tax assessment can be way higher or way lower than the true as is valueThe local laws and how they affet your total costs and returns

If the trust gifts you the property, it retains the original cost basis, potentially leading to high capital gains taxes upon sale.