I’d love to hear your thoughts, tips, or even warnings.

Quote from @Eva Dosunmu: Hi, I am new here.

One of my commercial RE agent friends  here moved out there. 

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.

@Bryce MillerWelcome to BP!

Its a great way to get yourself into the RE investing game.

This all comes down to how much you are looking to spend and the class of property/class of tenants you want to deal with.

Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)

Any tips for navigating the competition in such a hot market?

I used to be in finance and they'd have scripts for interactions like that as newbies but I would say just try to be yourself.