Three people signed the rental agreement, which states all tenants are joint and severally liable.

Mini splits are notorious for leaking at the joints if not properly installed.

Genuinely only good things to say about him.

i genuinely think it's a very tough time to get started in real estate. 

It's called "Investing in Real Estate Private Equity: An Insider’s Guide to Real Estate Partnerships, Funds, Joint Ventures & Crowdfunding".

Simply own and live in the home for 24 months of the past 5 years from the date of sale, and receive a tax benefit of up to 250k of excludable capital gains from tax or 500k if married and filing jointly. 

Or info on any effects of changing ownership of the STR from joint to individual in the case of a divorce? 

They can verify it meets current law, explain some of the more complex clauses (e.g. joint and several liability), and maybe provide suggestions on where you could strengthen it based on their experience.In my experience, most attorneys have very little experience with landlord-tenant disputes.

Don't just ask for something, try to give something first - a Joint Venture opportunity - cold calling for free - etc.

What I mean is, it looks like as a married couple filing jointly we pay $0 in cap gains on first $94k, so could we use a strategy to pull out $94k in cap gains then 1031 the rest?