@Michael Carbonare: 100% correct with the caveat of you shouldn't just jump in without some understanding of your investment, that is just irresponsible.

I don't require my agents to join NAR and in fact dropped my membership when I opened my own brokerage.If the situation made sense, I wouldn't necessarily require an agent to join MLS, but it's such a basic tool of the trade, I can't imagine someone who is active in the business going without it.

.: In my (non lawyer) experience John is correct here.

Maybe when you get over 5 you can start to look at management suites.VRBO and AirBNB have all the tools built in to manage.

Curious about the success others are having with these platforms or if anyone thinks Booking.com is becoming a necessary tool for securing STR reservations?

Good luck in your journey, you are on the correct path. 

Build a solid team and evaluate deals carefully using tools like BiggerPockets calculators to ensure strong cash flow and returns.Good luck!

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

If I understand you correctly you are stating that transferring the properties to the revocable Trust, then transferring them to the LLC would not trigger the due-on-sale clause?

PMLs exist, there's zillions of them, real estate investors work with them every day and PMLs fill a need and have a role to play as a specific tools for a specific situation.See if you can put a sharper point on your question.Mike Thanks for this Mike!