or, as you said, reach out to them on linkedin be sufficient place to start?  

I sleep good and have peace with my properties paid off, yes I’d like to have 400 doors , but it doesn’t line up with my personality and priorities.  

Trust me, you'll sleep better at night.  

Your primary insurance policy with $300,000 in liability coverage should be sufficient in 99.999% of all lawsuits.5.

The best investment for anyone is something they can easily understand and to sleep at night not worrying about it. 

My current income is sufficient enough to cover my living expenses, live comfortably, and put a portion toward savings each month.

You'll sleep better and it will increase your property value.

GFH is just like a lower version with fewer features that are not sufficient to automate a Short-term rental business.You can also consider using Ownerrez, I'm not trying to run an ad for them right now but Ownerrez is a great PMS, and it has seamless integrations with different rental channels.

$20,000 is not going to be enough to buy an investment property and have sufficient cash reserves in almost any market UNLESS you house hack or are doing a flip or BRRRR. 

Obviously land and new construction, specifically FHA construction, is not popular these days so it seems to be extremely difficult to locate anyone with sufficient expertise or specialization in this area.