The majority of the territories are at their maximum, with a handful available in each area. - On the southern Oregon Coast in cities such as Gold Beach, except for commercially zoned properties or those in the county can obtain new STR permits. - In Bandon, rarely do eligible vacation rental properties come to market a qualifying is based on a specific zone and saturation rate of actively neighboring properties. 

Dont like the cut-throatness and nastiness within some offices of some of the big "boiler room" firms and some of the restrictions on territories and property types, but cant afford to sacrifice actual success if thats the type of place you gotta go through, at least at this point in life...  

More commonly, 4-star properties have seen as much as 200- 250 basis points of expansion.This range of cap rates is generally found in the upper 7% to 9% territory, indicating that office property values for transactions over $10 million are down by roughly 35% from the all-time high in 2021, excluding medical and owner-user sales.Debt maturities pose challenges for 2024, with around $206 billion in office loans maturing this year and another $180 billion in 2025 and 2026 combined.

Should I just keep trying out different contractors or does this just come with the territory now with prices and the scarcity of contractors?

I own a triplex in a C-class area, and with the territory comes the inevitable late rent payment (or non-payment altogether).....Don't worry, I budgeted for this!

The Vancouver market is already one of the if not the most unaffordable in the world, which reflects the fact that prices are in bubble territory whichever measure you use.

If you are interested in how to decrease your Federal Taxes and increase your cash-flow, I can help with no-cost consulting or studies specific to your property(ies) whether they are small or large and anywhere in the US or US Territories. 

For 5+ units in general, your income is not needed in most cases since thats commercial territory. 

There is a similar complex nearby which we know was closed with hard money... we really don't feel comfortable going the hard money route just because the products I've seen (so far) on an asset like this are borderline usury territory (!) 

Things are a lot more organized up here in the Northern Territories and we don't get hurricanes.