I have been with certain investors that deemed a place horrible and violent based on nothing but the people they see. 

I'll watch a few videos and see what I can learn.

I just posted a YouTube video about just that recently :-)

Professional photos could cost as little as $150, but you should pay more to get experience shots, golden hour, aerial, and video.

I guess the videos are still out there?

The guy who claims he is the country's biggest wholesaler and has a "community" says in his video from yesterday Dec 31 (search #251 Wholesale Hotline | LIVE Real Estate Investing Q&A if interested in his "technique"  start at 0:39:00 that the most recent transaction he did Was bailing out a guy in foreclosureGuru "bought" the house for $375,000 from the guy in foreclosureSold it back to them for $498,000 with a 6 month buy back option periodSeller had to give him $20,000 for the optionSo, guru will make about $148,000 on the transaction "Never been to the house, never had to lift a finger""No renovation, the guy is still in the house"Is this the kind of thing the new Oregon law is intended to address? 

almost every youtube video ive seen. but I have learned my lesson.

Not a book, but Bill Faeth has a lot of free, good content on his site and YouTube videos.

How about a nice picture of your living room or even the front of the house first, followed by the video games?

What people want in this area of the business (STR) is humans.Look at the top STR coaches and they all say that the more you humanize your listing with personal videos and messages, the more you go up in revenue.