Any course prep recommendations also appreciated. 

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...

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

Most of Reno is in high demand because of such low supply and new construction is limited by the surrounding mountains.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

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

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. 

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

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

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?