Destin is a great spot for house hacking—tourism is strong, so renting out part of your property could help with the mortgage.

Welcome Alana, you will find a lot of helpful people on this platform.

Platforms like Angi or a quick Google search can also help you find reliable options.

Look forward to helping you in any way possible in the future. 

Quote from @Joshua Alcantara: Quote from @Peter Walther: I've found many properties with title issues wind up with unpaid property taxes so checking on delinquent taxes, tax deed sales and lands available for taxes might help you identify some.Thanks, Peter, for the info!

Most lending is based on cashflow, not the 2% rule (although still a good rule of thumb for some types of investments), might have the most help from the group if you provided some of those details here just so it'd be easier for us to help you best. 

Glad to help.

It's not fun, but it helps the site a lot.

Once I was deployed on a submarine in the North Atlantic and they helped my wife with a 1031 exchange on the sale of a home and purchase of 2 other properties.

You will meet a lot of great people here that will help you on your journey.