I have done direct mail to find houses, worked with probates and foreclosures, bought FSBO properties...a variety of methods.We managed the first few rentals, but were posted back to the UK, so we hired a property manager. 

The more variety there is to the number of major industries and types of companies in a market, the better their economic breadth is considered to be."

I recommend talking to at least 3 lenders, I recommend someone you bank with, a small local bank, and a big bank to get some variety in your options.

Depending on the type of property and loan type as well as your current credit score you should be able to get yourself a variety of loan options.

A local broker could provide more specifics - Ocean view in an of itself has a lot of variety of building quality, flood zones, demographics etc. so depending on the specifics of the building it could easily be more or less.

Offers full turn-key solutions as well as a variety of financing options. 

No way I’d do this deal for a variety of reasons .

8-12% returns are not bad for a safe place to park money for a few years.There are a variety of ways to structure the deal.

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.