That said, here is my situation.

Look at the PM contract and verify the 8% is all inclusive and that there are not additional charges for placing a tenant, resigning a tenant, inspections, and dealing with vendors/contractors.  

@Drew Sygit thank you for looking out!

Hey @Benjamin Jones -  Fellow Japan-based investor here.  

you do have the ability to close your account at any time. 

If you're looking for more ideas, I'd be happy to connect! 

I would look into every and all claims about someone as well as reach out to his former colleagues (who are here on BP) - as part of my point was sometimes its easier to go straight to the horses mouth and see how they respond.  

Here’s a breakdown on whether an LLC might be useful at this stage:1.

Rent To Retirement sells new construction houses in growth markets, so your comments don't really apply here.

I took the Airbnb bookings and now I'm around 80/20 Airbnb/VRBO.Based on a recent bad experience that I had with Airbnb (it's a separate thread out here), I called VRBO and asked them how I can get more booking requests from VRBO.