Some really great videos and people that helped us were BiggerPockets (there are a ton of videos/podcasts on there that you can listen to or watch), Pace Morby (he teaches a lot about creative finance and how you can use different tools to invest in real estate), I also really like Wholesaling Inc.

Ideally in the area - I like to know who I'm dealing with this early in the game, down the road might make more sense to go remote.I've got my first year of RE investing down (actually picked up a couple properties somehow in this market) and have come to the next hurdle.

Let's say I buy my first home with a FHA mortgage, which is ideal because I only have to put 3.5% down as a first time buyer. 

If you can get a 4 unit and a basement, that would be ideal and create major cash flow and equity creation, plus you can not worry about a property manager and boost your yield.You want to try and lock up as much cheap debt as you can today. 

Refinancing now is ideal with interest rates being this low.

Single family or duplex to short-term rent would be ideal.  

Im debating if I want to keep this property and take out a home equity loan to buy my second property or sell and start working with apartment complexes (ideally at least 15 units somewhere not in California). 

There is a youtube video for everything you can imagine.

Perhaps there are more expensive cameras that provide for more robust video capture?

I like realist.Deal machine has a lot of youtube videos so you might can check features and functions there.Not sure about the two you mentioned.