But like you, I care about my tenants having a good quality of life and relationship with me.

Service companies work long and hard to land clients so, assuming they pocket 10% ($100), is that worth potentially losing a client and a long term relationship?

Existing relationship with a realtor (good friend) ) who helped a brother out.

It is much easier do the research and build that relationship now then when you need to fire your manager and find another. 4.

@Troy Ramey made some excellent points, I would also add that you should look into the 3% down payment conventional loan options, as they are typically much better loans for people with decent credit than FHA loans are.

@Rashad Luckett Excellent!

Those are not the only markets we are open to however making the shift from smaller multifamily to larger commercial properties has been challenging.Does anyone have advice on locating and building relationships commercial brokers in new markets?

I'm going to focus on wholesaling/ bird dogging to start so that I can learn and build relationships. 

Once you build a relationship with them through multiple loans they'll increase the percentage up to the full amount.  

BP also has free guides on the site and the various BP books are excellent too.