Investment property down the shore?

[Oasis]

Hi everyone, I live in Somerset county and looking to start chasing that dream of owning a beach property down the shore. In part it’s for the kids to enjoy a vacation house and part to have a place closer to the water when I go fishing but mainly as an investment rental property.
To all you Monmouth & Ocean county residence, is this the right time to start looking for that summer home / investment property?? Or wait and see what’s going to happen this summer?
And if now is the right time which area is now or will offer more better deals?
I’ll be talking to realtors soon but I wanted to get the fellow fisherman point of view first.
Thank you in advance, your opinion is greatly appreciated.