Although these platforms tend to accept bigger deals from sponsors with a lot of experience.

Most times, the top of a brokers list are those with experience who they've worked with in the past.

If so how was your experience?

It will save you a ton of money upfront and you'll gain the experience to upgrade to larger deals.  

Figure out a question set that helps dive into their expertise as investor-friendly agents, ask about their experience in the investment real estate space, and have them send you a few properties that could meet your goals to show that they can provide quality properties for your to analyze (hint: this is also good to see if they overpromised on their market [ex - Raleigh for cash flow]).Also with the new lawsuit, any agent that knows what they're doing will require you to sign an agency agreement prior to viewing a home.

Prep em on the need to experience a Sunday Roast at the Royal Windsor with a pint.

I am an seasoned real estate agent and affordable housing compliance manager in NYC with some experience in the Hudson Valley Area.

Does anyone have any experience as a foreigner investing in the US, or can anyone connect me with someone.

You will learn the most from first-hand experience.

It is pricey and a little hard to make the numbers in my experience, but it is a vast area (S FL in general) so I am sure there are pockets where it makes sense.