@Walter Aaron Poling Thank you for the welcome, I hope the best for you in your aspirations as well.

Make sure you understand this business model well and the associated risks if you entertain this path.  

I diversify my rentals between the "Short short" (30 days or less) business model and "long short/corporate rental" (30 days or more) business model so I don't like to take all my bookings through Airbnb & VRBO.

If lying is necessary to your business model you have a problem.

That's a huge shift from their prior business model.That being said, if you need the 100% cash-to-close model to get the ball rolling, and you can find a deal that will net you $25k plus or more, this may be the only path (assuming you can pay the member fee and can't find any other HMLs that offer the services they do w/o a member fee).  

I’m just getting started educating myself to invest in the near future and your model is very very interesting.

I look at it like I just want out.. and I look at all these folks aspiring to own as many doors as possible.. 

Tenants are manageable (with good screening), cash flow is good, and everything works well for my model there. 

Soon enough, the real estate model won't be worth effort.

When I saw it I called them up and said, if you guys are saying it's worth $6k more (a single model match actually did sell for $2k higher than their estimated value), then gimme my moneys.