E.g. if it's a month-to-month tenancy, give 30 days written notice of the rent increase prior to the end of the monthly period. 

This is the best route you can go in my opinion, use the benefits of hard money for a short period of time then refinance into a favorable rate.

The 2 year lockout period means that they will not accept additional payments beyond the minimum payment (trade-off is that sometimes you can get them to go for interest only). 

Inspections are important too - you need to get eyes on the property periodically to make sure that your investment is still holding up and is not getting trashed.

Period, end of story.

Another option is to consider is Blackstone's BREIT though that went through a sketchy period with redemption requests.https://www.breit.com/

All the research I have done so far looks to state that landlord is only on the hook for providing habitable housing during the period of displacement.

In Oregon the buyers deposit is generally fully refundable during the standard 10 business day contingency period (unless waived) and the difference in deposit could be interpreted as the level of commitment the buyer has towards the transaction, within reason.

If Tenant Defaults under this Lease, Landlord may exercise all rights and remedies available under applicable law, including the right to: (i) terminate this Lease; (ii) regain possession of the Property through an eviction or similar process; (iii) recover from Tenant all unpaid Rent, including unpaid Monthly Rent, Additional Rent, Late Fees and, if applicable, holdover Rent for the period prior to Tenant’s delivery of possession of the Property to Landlord; (iv) recover all Rent payable under this Lease for the period from the date of termination for Tenant Default through the stated Expiration Date, less the amount Landlord is able to collect from any replacement tenants for that period; and (v) recover allreasonable costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in repairing any damage to the Property, caused by the improper useby any Occupant or any guests of an Occupant, less any amounts obtained from the Security Deposit.

I am in the 30 day trial period with PriceLabs.The vacation attraction of our house is that it is near the beach (7.5 mile drive) and walkable to a pier and boat launch on the sound (< 1 mile), but it is not at the beach.