Just some tips :1.

I’ve never dealt with hard or private money and was looking for some tips with it and any recommendations on who to use.

There is a youtube video for everything you can imagine.

One tip I can share: the most important thing you can do to get started is find an agent who invests themselves.

I have read short term rental long term wealth and watched a ton of content on you tube and it seems that STR's will help me reach my cash flow goals faster then the LTR model I am currently using.  

I like realist.Deal machine has a lot of youtube videos so you might can check features and functions there.Not sure about the two you mentioned.

I would first watch some YouTube tutorials on the product and connect with other investors who use the service readily.

Go to Danny D'Angelo's YouTube channel.

I’m receiving advice and help from family members, the agent, my financial advisors, and I’m reading books, watching YouTube videos, listening to podcasts, reading BP forum posts and other websites, etc.

All of our rentals are in Denver and Colorado Springs where we work and live, so I don't have any great tips for out-of-state investing.