I would also recommend increasing your liability coverage to at least $2M.

If you are familiar with this area, any further recommendations or resources you are willing to provide, I am super grateful. 

Any recommendations?

Thanks for the recommendation.

Since you’re considering relocating, I can’t recommend the house hacking investing strategy enough.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Anyone you can recommend? 

. - We always recommend buying your first rental locally if possible and DIY managing to learn as much as possible before investing OOS.2) Lots of crooks and incompetents in the PMC world:( They both cost you money.- As already stated, you'll have a small portfolio.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?