Seems like most condos only allow STR through their own management for a hefty fee, but the ease of not having to worry about advertising and listing sounds nice. 

One of the more creative ideas I have come across that I am going to be implementing is splitting cost of advertising/lead generation with realtor partners. 

The size of the deal makes a difference.Larger apartment complexes are typically not advertised outside of the Brokerage webist and lists, so unless you're on their list, you may not know those deals exist. 

I'm an executive creative director in advertising, having done agency life for 25+ years.

A larger company will advertise they build them.

Sellers are still able to offer compensation to the Buyer’s real estate agent, but this compensation can no longer be advertised in the MLS.

I've been researching and it seems like we have two options. 1) Have the seller agree to let us co-host on the listing from the closing date through the end of the year/when the future bookings end while advertising the new listing for any new bookings.

This settlement was about whether or not the buyers agency commission is advertised in the MLS and whether or not buyers need to sign a buyers agency agreement prior to any showings.

The company helps with the rest of the stuff like rent collection, late payment follow up, advertising vacant units, showings, tenant screening, leasing, renewals, reports, and evictions (which is a corner case).

I could wait to do my renovations and just lay down new flooring for now and advertise for rent while waiting to purchase the other side, but that could hurt my appraisal, and refinance amount.