These investors connected with me from out of state early last year 2023, and 90 days later were operational in Florence Oregon with their first STR and dream walk to the beach Oregon Coast vacation rental.

You can find properties like that in www.investorlift.comI would start with a market that is accessible (Miami Metro, Naples, LeHigh, Delray, Boynton, Palm Beach etc, because problems WILL arise, and since you are just beginning you want to be involved to learn and build a team that helps you meet with them face to face.  

Mainly a focus on STRs in a beach environment, dealing with lots of regulation, etc. 

Amy,Depends on where the condo is located Cocoa Beach , Melbourne, Vero and are you STR or LTR right now.

Wilmington, NC was also mentioned as a potential investment location.Virginia - Richmond and Virginia Beach were suggested as investment options, especially for an investor located near those areas.Florida - Jacksonville and Tampa were two Florida cities mentioned, although there was a concern about rising insurance costs in Florida.Tennessee - Both Knoxville and Memphis were listed as possible 2024 investment locations by one investor9.

I am helping some clients of mine rent out (1-6 months at a time) a condo they have on the beach in New Smyrna. 

Purchase price: $210,000 Cash invested: $21,000 2/2 condo, in a 314-unit complex. 1.7 miles from the beach, great location.

West CV is older than east CV and is virtual certainty to  gentrify. 2) Imperial Beach (IB) is cheapest ocean properties in US for hundreds of miles.  

This off season, mission beach was the most dead since the Great Recession (excluding COVID lockdown periods).  

I recently heard David Greene’s horror story about a short term rental license going bad in the north Miami Beach area (inspector looking for issues to pick at with the property and tagging the property for issues to avoid granting a rental license), and I was curious about people’s experiences in unincorporated Miami Dade.