Oregon is also an increasingly popular retirement destination, for primary and second home buyers that don't need to have STR permissions, the options and areas to invest are robust, and there is even high demand for upgraded and updated furnished mid term rentals to help off set operating costs.

Here are some other factors and reasons the OR Coast makes a prime second home or vacation rental destination (for now and presumedly into the future!)

I'm looking particularly to cater to the rural markets as well, trying to target locals driving to mountain destinations for short getaways.

This makes no sense to me as mission beach should have zero limit as it has been a vacation destination with STRs pre AirBnB (including ours).  

It's been amazing, but it's a destination town.

Any destination with limited hotels. 

I have a STR in Destin, FL.

I am creating a course on RV parking investing (glamping, destination parks, extended stay parks, and development).

(It's broken down by market type -- resort/mountain, resort/beach, rural, etc.)Here's how much more RevPAR homes with a certain amenity get for the mountain-destination category.

I manage on Oahu in Hawaii and I would assume based on things that I have heard from other hosts and managers in CA that the conversation around regulation would be somewhat similar given that it is a highly desirable destination for both guests and investors in the STR space.Speaking only to what I have experience with here - there seem to be three types of zones that vacation rentals fall into - on one hand you have zones where they are illegal, and while it is possible to run and gun in these areas I don't think the risk is worth the reward if you get caught.