welcome @Cam Caraher and congrats on joining BP, this place is the start for many, sure was for me longer ago than I care to admit.I'm not personally in your market, although was born in dorchester and grew up in NH, but this is a great place to meet locals.If you have not already a great starting point is the Meetups posted here, just search for your area and see if any meetups are happening. 

Our mortgage was significantly higher than our flood insurance, and I don't know if we qualify to try to apply for FEMA or if there is other assistance, and if so, if we would apply as a business (we file it on our personal taxes as rental income).

After getting ghosted I received at least half dozen other requests hoping to take the persons offer).  

You can really judge a person by who they surround themself with and their team were all great.

@Steve Rozenberg,My answer, personally, would be I don't - that's why I pay a property manager.That said, I'd echo the question asked earlier - "Needy, how?"

We found this home through a combination of online tools and personal exploration in the area.

We found this home through a combination of online tools and personal exploration in the area.

Tools like Baselane simplifies bookkeeping and tax preparation by categorizing transactions and storing records.Keep personal and business accounts separate to maintain LLC liability protection.Please don't use the same LLC for flips and rentals.

I personally feel starting as an LP is the best route.

And the greatest thing about Bigger Pockets is that you can also use the reference feature on a person's profile and actually talk to Bigger Pockets members who have worked with that QI.