I might pick your brain a bit but hopefully that's ok. 

If all goes well, would like to pick up some SFRs to buy, fix and hold/rent- Does anyone have a reliable general contractor they might be able to recommend?

There are cheapo AMCs out there, and the lender can pick the AMC, but if you go this route to save $75 or $125, please don't make a thread complaining when the appraiser does a half-arsed job and the property doesn't appraise - that's a "you got what you paid for" scenario.

You can pick what you think is a good area and then spend a good bit of time learning about it only to find out that it's not what you thought it was from the start.

You should pick up the ABC'S  of Real Estate Investing ASAP.

Model homes, a pick-your-finish scenario, etc.

You should go to a local REI meeting and search out who the bigger wholesalers are and pick their brains

@Cynthia Miller This is a question for one of the legal forums you picked the vacation rental forum.

There are plenty of more established / less variant neighborhoods as well.  1% deals kinda grow on trees here, 2%+ deals can be found with a little work simply picking off the MLS.  

If you were to buy in better areas than I do from wholesalers, auctions etc you can probably pick up a decent property in the 35k range and get all in for 50k, maybe 45k but I don't see any turnkeys companies finding a venture in this range to be profitable.