Don't fall into shiny object syndrome or feel pressured to buy something beyond your primary buying criteria.

@Adam ShaThe only person that can properly answer this question is someone that analyses markets on a national level or someone that invests in all 3 of these markets.The answers you're going to get from everyone on this forum that falls outside of the above is going to simply tell you their market is the best market. 

Also, traditionally the summer is the best time to sell and the fall is worse, so I'd ask the agents about that too. 

I manage on Oahu in Hawaii and I would assume based on things that I have heard from other hosts and managers in CA that the conversation around regulation would be somewhat similar given that it is a highly desirable destination for both guests and investors in the STR space.Speaking only to what I have experience with here - there seem to be three types of zones that vacation rentals fall into - on one hand you have zones where they are illegal, and while it is possible to run and gun in these areas I don't think the risk is worth the reward if you get caught.

Where then would my buyer fall in?

It falls under the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act.

Once your offer falls through, you're completely out of the equation.

They will evaluate the contract with the builder and the budget, make sure it falls within market median costs, and set milestones for draw requests. 

She also works at a funeral home so these type of deals fall in her lap all the time How did you finance this deal?

When they move they do not take these gauze like curtains with them, and they always seem to be falling down off of the windows or on the floor beneath the windows like they were torn down or something.