You can be good enough at REI that people will give you their money to invest with them giving you a cut of the profits, or wholesaling where you find a buyer to assume your contract before closing. 

Agreed, Airbnb is in the business of renting out your place for a cut. 

But how could I not be on edge when the entire deal, and our reputation, was hanging by a thread?

Good property management companies do tend to charge fees on multiple things on top of their monthly rent percentage cut.

I've considered selling to investors, but I'm concerned they might want a substantial price cut, which is why I'm trying to sell it to residential buyers first.

Empty lot was located across the street on the edge of a residential zone and the lot considered commercial. 

With rates expected to be cut next month I would suggest a 3-6month CD to lock in the higher rate as long as you know you don’t need the money early.  

On the resort site when you go to the link provided in the email it takes you to Edge where it asks for a group name and then your email address (which is different than the instructions in the email). 

Perfect STR market for people "cutting back" from Carribean/Mexican/US Coastal vacation trips to drivable, more affordable trips from Houston/Austin/San Antonio (even DFW). 

Never understood the catch to places like new western, you can literally only wholesale and make a small cut from every deal.