Doing property management before being a broker
So I want to become an investment commercial broker (office, retail), however, I would like to jump into the field sooner and get out of tech. I live in the Seattle area and my girlfriend and I want to move to the LA area. Due to money constraints, was wondering if it would be better to first do property management and then ease into becoming a broker. Some background:

I work at SpaceX doing admin work

I own a duplex and do the property management for that

I have a bachelors degree in business administration concentration marketing 

What would be your advice to me? I have savings, but not enough to move and become a broker with no paycheck (unless there’s a draw).
[{"id": "eovzcud", "text": "I would go into research for a brokerage first. From there move into a broker position. I\u2019ve done research  and PM and know the research side is an easier transition into brokerage. It will take too long to get into anything broker related coming in on he ground level of PM.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eow7hf4", "text": "Make sure that it's legal where you are. Not all areas allow you to be a property manager without being a licensed broker", "replies": [{"id": "eow7no3", "text": "Should have clarified. I will be getting my license prior to jumping in the industry.", "replies": [{"id": "eow86kl", "text": "As a broker or salesperson? Cause there's still a clarification there. Where I am, you can't be a property manager unless you're a broker", "replies": [{"id": "eow8wyg", "text": "Salesperson/ agent.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}, {"id": "eoxkq75", "text": "In California you have to be an agent to manage a property with 5 units or more.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eox7sq0", "text": "I've learned a lot from the past 1.5 years that I've spent in management. I was a salesperson at a small brokerage in a secondary market in the Northeast for about 5 years after dropping out of music school. Spending some time in management is the best thing I've done for my understanding of how investment real estate actually works.  \n\nWhile I plan on getting back into brokerage after maybe another 6-12 months this has given me so much confidence in being able to see what owning a particular asset will really be like, which is what Buyers want to know and what Sellers don't want to tell you.\n\nI've never really been involved in RE at the institutional level so I imagine that playing field is quite a bit different but at the mom and pop/private ownership level I really wish I had started in RE management.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ep790kh", "text": "Look into leasing admin roles. It's more hands on with the deal process vs. day to day running a building. Some smaller companies combine both titles, property mgmt &amp; leasing admin to save money. \n\nI've seen some brokerage openings state that property management does not count towards 3-5 years of experience.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]