Master's Student Edinburgh start August/September

I'll be moving to Edinburgh to study for a Master's degree in journalism at Napier Merchiston starting September 9. I've been working as a freelance journalist for Salish Current and The Urbanist in Seattle, with main focus of articles on environmental and urban issues (and doing bartendending on the side). I'm serious, neat, trustworthy, and responsible, am courteous and respectful of the needs of flatmates. I'll be turning 24 this August, and I've been going school or working independently for the last 10 years.

My difficulty is that I'm currently with my parents in their house near Paris (I grew up in France), and I'm looking for a flat at-distance, which is proving to be extremely difficult. For that reason I'm hoping we can just do a visio visit/interview. I'm actually thinking I may have to just fly up to Edinburgh and stay at a hotel, while looking for a place.

I played semi-pro baseball, play guitar, read voraciously, and I enjoy people. I have two guarantors for rent: my parents who live in France and my sister, who lives in the UK. I can also provide a bank letter with my student loan information. It's probably the easiest to use my sister, who is an archaeologist in Falmouth. I'm currently in France at my parent's place. My school/housing loan has been finalized, the finances are ready, and I'm just looking to be accepted into a rental for me to move up to Edinburgh. I can send money immediately for a down payment by several methods.