Spend a little more money than you might have been planning to, buy in a better area (i.e. not a “turn key” 100k house off the mls), and self manage.

Top 3 reasons owners hire PMCs:1) No time to manage correctly2) No time to learn how to manage correcly: laws, documents, processes, etc.3) They're too nice and need someone to "save them from themselves"A good PMC can usually earn their fees by better managing the property/tenant than the owner, thereby:1) Increasing owners net profit2) Decreasing owner's time commitment, stress, headaches, etc.No matter what though, you should always plan to commit a couple of hours a month to manage your PMC.

We onboarded a hoemowner to our property management team in West Palm Beach just over a month ago.

I'm curious what you ended up deciding to do.

Quote from @Jake Rauch: Hi what tools, websites do you use to decide on market to invest in?

If you decide to sell, you will only have paid a little more in interest over the remaining time that you are in your home.   

I'm finishing renovations on a studio apartment (under another unit in a multi-family) in the next few days and am trying to decide on what strategy to use to rent it.

It will give you one stop calendar management and automated messaging which is a huge time saver. 

While it is a super nice home and seems like a great price to many of us, if you decide to sell, what is your pool of buyers? 

It's fantastic you decided to jump in.. have you mapped out your first property analysis yet?