Highly recommend you connect with a local expert such as @Josh Green!

I recommend to my clients to use the SFH markets to generate short term income and wait to catch a 2 - 4 unit property and when they pop up throw those in the portfolio. 

We have a bay-side waterfront property under contract in Panama City Beach. This is a new market for us.  Our current insurer only writes policies for < $1M.  ARV on this property will be in the $1.6M range.  Anyon...

Does anyone have any recommendations?

My brother, who owns a business, actually recommended keeping the house and to use HELOC for the second home.

This is what I recommend for you to get started in your real estate journey:1.

I recommend people enter RE at this time only if it is a passion and they are extremely motivated and hard working.  

The contracto I used needed baby sitting and the attention to detail was lacking so half way through the reno I was more particular and communicated my expectations clearly and ofter Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Can anyone recommend any other similar websites or a way around this limitation within white pages?

So would you recommended just not buying property right now for those of us little guys that are not big Capital Partners?