The commission paid greatly outweighs having to go back on the market and potentially getting less than you listed it for the first time.Some individual markets are better for this than others, but if you have an agent with a great strategy on the list side (professional photos, staging advice, etc) and you pair that with listing the property at a low price; you increase your chances dramatically of getting a bidding war and not only offsetting the commission but potentially making more than originally planned. 

I am a certified high performance coach and psychologist. 

If not, reread the second sentence in my original post: "Mike Zuber has an excellent story on how this is possible and probably an excellent way for the any new investor to develop their wealth"I'm unclear to why the issues with the ORAAT group exist.

The original guest loses everything, minus whatever money I recover from a new guest, plus a $100 processing fee.

Buying in an HOA especially at that price point that will prove to be a good performing asset will be very difficult.I curate a weekly list of the best performing STR properties in the Tampa Bay area - DM me if you would like me to add you to the list.  

I currently have a plastic surgeon who originally rented for 3 months and has been with me for almost a year now, paying my high season STR monthly rate.

You take the "free" proceeds from the worst-performing properties or ones in need to the most work and invest them into better properties.

We are originally from MN, but lived in Tampa for the past 3 years while my wife completed PA school.

For $250 minimums, and only $9mm of GAV, probably not really too much concern.If their platform starts growing exponentially, I would be concerned about their focus to make sure you investments continue performing when they are likely to be very distracted by SEC investigators.  

Originally posted by @Sean Grabow:@Joseph Back thanks Joseph.