Once you know who in your circle has $ to invest, you then need to understand their risk to reward level so you know what deals fit their bucket.

Understanding your top priorities can help in determining whether Stessa, Baselane, or another tool might best fit your needs.If you're comfortable with apartments.co for rent collection but want higher yields on your cash (this is me reading between the lines) you could have the transfers go into a high yield business account like BlueVine 1.5% interest or something like CapitalOne 3.9%.

And if this is the plan, it couldn't be announced at onset.

So I feel it's not a fit for everyone.

If you set it up well, don't worry, you'll get guests when you repost.If you really want to capture the existing bookings, then go for it and plan to re-furnish it at the start of slow season.

Her husband is also a GC who can help build additional units as needed if you get something that can fit an ADU.

Does anyone have any insight into what these types of businesses are typically looking for in a partner and what I should be doing to make my space a good fit for them? 

Of course, there's no perfect right or wrong answer, it will be different for all but make sure you do what is comfortable for you and what fits your goals. 

I also didn’t deep dive into each listing as I wrote this and just simply found examples of photos I thought fit this and Airbnb did as well.

BUT, if one could solve some tough problems….Look, I hear what posters are saying - and it might NOT be a fit for real estate.