I was trying to get the first 5 photos to have some variety since the impact area on AirBnB tiles the first 5 but I can see how that might be confusing.

Remember, it's not free to refinance, you usually will pay a point plus a variety of fees.

After researching the variety of real estate investment options, my wife and I would like to purchase vacation rentals. 

For a variety of reasons (we are set to close in two days, we have not yet proven ourselves to this investor, etc.), I quickly responded that we could and he responded with that is what they would prefer, which I totally respect.This is our 4th flip and we have not used any of our own money for purchase or repairs. 

I can suggest Gateway Mortgage (they have a wide variety of lending options).

Having done a variety of RE investments, notes is my favorite.

I've worked on a variety of projects from small TI's, to airports, prisons, office buildings etc.

Not too expensive and cover a wide variety of topics.

There are a variety of loopholes if you decided to leave sooner than one year, but you would want to speak directly to a lender to figure out all of those. 

I think it may be best to contact local builders and obtain a variety of bids on what it's going to cost to construct this complex on a "price per square foot" basis.