Could also just reach out to a local real estate agent to assist you with all of this and get some opinions. 

You could also do a VA loan assumption of a loan from 2021-mid 2022, that way you'd have to put less down and still get a good rate, it would have to be on a property with less appreciation.Oh and if you have a friend thats an agent, get MLS access in your area if they will possibly add you as an assistant, etc.

Most of us do not live there.Try FB groups, Google or Thumbtac.

The only areas that allow STRs are areas that i would never live in. 

we would be able to assist in Miami FL or Columbus OH vertically integrated 

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.

I'm cautious about flips given the materials cost in Hawaii, but trying to manage it from the mainland where I currently live (though i'm considering moving to Hawaii to live in a multi-unit I may own).

And I lived here a decade before I noticed.

I just find it super strange that my ad, that had been up for weeks with no issues suddenly gets removed after I turned down the part/time RE agent and program director assistant's hand picked applicant. 

Sellers go out thinking they have a deal and contract for their new living arrangements only to have their deal fail and now it puts them in a pickle.