I learned a lot from hearing about other investors' experiences and most of them like to talk about what's worked or what hasn't gone well. 2) I watched YouTube videos from David Greene from BP and Coach Carson (along with many others).

Does anyone have any advice or can you connect me with a realtor who has experience in this area? 

Without experience, helping hands, professional help, or all of the above don't do this. 

STR's are one of the more popular forum topics and 'complicated' investment categories (especially for newbies) so I wanted to share some recent investor and operator experiences on the Oregon Coast and why a coastal STR vacation rental home is worth considering. - Feasibility & Permit-ability: If you know where to look you can still secure a STR permit in most cities or counties from Brookings to Astoria.

Just a couple scenarios from my personal experience:1) Sometimes I tend to pay only "statement balance".

Bad experience.

Has anyone had experience with this or a similar company?

@Jeff Slusarz I had a similar experience.

Don't have a lot of real estate experience so would like to invest in units under $400K for now and we can scale from there. 

Reposting my response from that other thread you had here again:Going to say this be great care as it is emotionally difficult to process, speaking from experience.