But interior stairs that require trim work and a combination of oak and pine we outsource.

I would agree that outsourced contractors, good ones, are hard to find.  

With the NYC market being expensive to start with for multi-family properties, I was planning on investing out of area and outsourcing as much as possible so I can still focus on my W2 work.

Would love to do the whole BRRR strategy but I want some advice of people who have done it.Could I be a successful landlord if I outsourced all the repairs to competent people?

On the advice of many other multifamily investors, I plan on initially managing this myself in order to learn the business, but eventually outsourcing it, as I want to devote my time to my main career (insurance sales) and finding more deals.

Systems, Automation & Scaling: Also, I have watched / heard the LO gurus talking about 'automating' and 'outsourcing' practically everything... from buying leads and using foreign and domestic VAs that generate and / or 'pre-qualify' people, to even doing their follow- ups and booking appointments for the deal maker... to 'systematizing' practically everything else, under the sun.

This is a variable you can control, you cannot control motivation. 2) My time is worth more than $17/hr, which is why its outsourced and managed with the option to scale.3) We've invested a lot of money into branding.

Maintenance would best be outsourced to local businesses and contractors.

Do you outsource this or use paid professionals? 

Also, with only working a few hours a month on 107 units you must have your work outsourced pretty well.