I'm not in the STR space, but would be interested in what they offer.Regarding Esri, do you use their enterprise subscription?

There's a course at a university nearby that has a pretty comprehensive degree called Business Enterprise and Essential Management Skills that I think would be useful toward both RE and an entry level W-2 job.

Government creates a 'program(s)', program(s) negatively affect society and they blame the bigotry of private enterprise.  

The state and the federal government want to see and tax any business enterprise. 

I know a number of investors who are interested in jumping into the world of vacation rental but don't really know how to navigate it and/or don't have the time to dedicate to it, because it is a more active form of investing than a traditional passive rental.Analysis:So what I'm trying to do is figure out a way to leverage the high returns in this market and create value for both myself and other investors in a fair way.I see a lot of discussions in other threads about 50/50 JV partners--one person puts up all the capital and the other (usually the enterprising flipper) does all the work.

Supreme Court's Howey case and subsequent case law have found that an "investment contract" (aka securities offering) exists when there is the investment of money in a common enterprise with a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the efforts of others.

Around the world, at least 30,000 websites are hacked every day, with small and medium-sized enterprises being the target of more than half of these crimes.

Hope it turns out to be in your favor, however I much appreciate that way way forward thinking and an enterprisingly different dimension of creative finance !!

Enterprise is a great organization to learn Leadership so that is a good move to make for now.  

@Shawn McCoy the standard deviation on R/E IRR is much tighter than PE because the underlying asset (real property) is more stable in value than a business enterprise undergoing the PE value add.