Ashlie,I would reach out to @AJ Wongundefined  He is a member here on the BP forum and a Seasoned agent in Both California and Oregon. 

Kishl,If you want to talk to a seasoned expert in Dallas and DFW reach out to @Lucia RushtonLucia is a member here on the BP forum and has helped tons of my bank customers find a great investment property. 

If not, are there any that would allow us to refinance with no seasoning afterwards?

You can also do a 2 year bridge loan without the 3 month seasoning requirement needed and can lend up to 80% LTV. 

If so, there is no seasoning required on a delayed purchase loan. 

If my core competency is out of season, I’m perfectly happy managing the hell out of the properties I have left, and playing golf when the gift of spare time comes around.Since I’m not worried about raising money for my next fund, I’m free to “tell it like it is” (which I’d do regardless), and make unpopular decisions that bolster our chances of success, knowing full well that after issuing difficult news our investors would be lighting up forums on LFI, 506 group, and BP.  

If you suggesting that winter is causing insurance to be higher, two things: the last years or see we call it brown grass season here in Milwaukee, because we don't get much snow anymore.

Go to local gatherings, make connections with seasoned developers, and absorb their knowledge with a sponge.

Newer ones (2008+) are suffering from seasonality now but will pick it up in Q3-Q4: if you look at historical data, Miami Dade county has always had seasonality low volumes during summer time, due to hurricane season, holidays and less tourists visiting. 

Seasoned investors in California have done very well with that for decades.