It's also easier to isolate and manage tenants, because they don't have any affect on each other as they do in MFH.

Again you can buy more properties in lower asset class area, but it's less efficient.There are many threads about appreciation, so i won't repeat it here, but my guidance to you is to think through the difference between appreciation and inflation. 

How will interior light affect the result (cool white, daylight etc)?

And you can quite literally walk there from the U.S. side if you didn't forget your passport at home :) Of course, I don't know how much (if at all) this could affect a hospitality business, so I would continue trying to find someone who actually operates an STR here to find out more.  

Condos are also starting to only accept 20% down with reserves, not a good invest strategy at the moment.I'd recommend you stay in Tampa, Sarasota, buy some SF, duplex that need some lipstick and loving, put a tenant in there, and then get a heloc and repeat.

They repeatedly charge me for cleaning services while my property has been vacant for 2+ months.

Interesting approach, how would multiple refi affect my credit score?

In addition, the company that they recommend we work with, Prime, helped me set up my companies and though I repeatedly asked them if there were any differences in how it was set up because I was a Canadian, I was told that the way they suggested I do it was the right way.

Consider, if the machines did start failing in the next couple years, how would a loan payment affect your cash flow?

There is such a massive oversupply of units in that region that it will likely affect other neighboring regions for the next few years.