Ok folks, looks like I figured this one, it seems to be a problem with the most recent version of the CLI. I downgraded to 2.3.3. and all is fine. Just a heads up for the community!
The notes in the tutorial mention using version 2 of cli.
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Realm CLI Version Compatibility
This tutorial is compatible with version 2 of realm-cli . If you already have the CLI installed, check your version to make sure that it’s compatible with this tutorial.
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