I became very engaged in this post because I have such a vastly different concept of, well, everything revolving around this, that apparently I really am stark raving mad, or a genius, or a bit of both....To the specific, what are some of my concerns....

The “students” in these programs, for the vast majority, have none and receive none of the above base requirements for a successful entry into the field.

(to add more other's people money)".Albeit I do concur very much with his statement "Cash buyers are the quintessential conservative investors and receive the lowest possible returns of all real estate investors" one should also realize that - again - person A likes this and person B likes that and that the vast majority of "investors" is extremely conservative.

STR market is dieing unless you can play in the 750-1.4M$ price point then there is opportunity, most are going MTR or LTR, we manage a vast amount of properties and see clients switching from furnished to long term unfurnished, lots of data around this...

A vast majority of large HOAs have amendment thresholds that are simply not attainable and therefore they can't pass valid restrictions against rentals if they aren't already in place. 

Attempting to use theories developed for a "chartist" in stocks or bond markets isn't applicable to real estate, the markets are vastly different.

Yes, there is a lot of supply but you can set your home apart and appeal to the vast Disney market by making the home unique.

I think it's important to note the Orlando STR market is vast.

The vast majority of us take this very seriously, but there are some whom don't and they give a bad wrap to the 90% out there who do a fantastic job.You don't need to have residential experience to jump right into commercial.  

The vast majority of the novices who venture in ignorantly chasing that "BIG $" most often get DESTROYED!