Providing beach chairs, umbrellas, and a cooler can enhance the guest experience and contribute to glowing reviews if your property is near the beach.

Set up Keyword alerts, since you're in Santa Barbara you can set up an alert for "Santa Barbara" or "Southern California" or "beach" to be alerted when someone posts on the forums that may be relevant or interesting to you! 

Its a central point between Atlanta and Knoxville, Atlanta and Nashville, Within a 5-7 hr drive to a handful of coastal beaches, and a great place to open a place of residency for someone. 

I’m in an east coast beach area where it’s been traditional for guests to bring everything - linens,TP, paper towels, dish soap, cleaning supplies etc.

I live in the Tampa Florida area and we have Airbnb/STRs all over the county and not just on the beach. 

It is typically closer to the beach, but further from DTSP.Let me know if you have any other questions!

I live in the heart of the big boom area, Palm Beach - Miami, crazy high numbers 

Can you 1031 a duplex (long term rental currently) or multiple duplexes to invest in a beach front property and use it as a short term rental?

It has a ton of pools and is walking distance of several other locations on the beach.

There are no laws, rules or regulations preventing any foreigner, American or otherwise, to buy property in CDMX or Mexico for that matter.If, by having success, you mean getting a profitable investment, I'm sure many American and other investors got that over the last few years (I personally haven't since I've focused my efforts on Mexico's beach markets, which are far better in my opinion.