I can easily search company names in my state on the Florida Division of Corporations website and find out who created the entity, their address, the date they created, whether it is active or inactive, etc.

Agents that are very used to work with Overseas Investors and that are very pro active and would like to be successful and they are open to various investment strategies. 

Can you benefit from it when you are actively doing business, absolutely yes. 

There are also latex topcoats that have active enzymes that will "absorb" ambient odor such as Harmony from Sherwin Williams. 

Depending on where you live, even signing a purchase contract to then wholesale the property could obligate your spouse to the contract, and also give him rights to 1/2 of the gain from the wholesale activity.Although you indicated you are not seeking legal advice, my advice would be to get some before you embark on this activity. 

I'm in the process of learning about it and it's just a question I have, I'm not considering doing anything in the way of scamming anyone or disguising any activity...

Our title company does not close any of our deals until they receive the "special assessment" reports which will outline any fees charged by DNS(dept. of neighborhood services) for code violation non-compliance, special work done around the property etc....

Con - as discussed; you may have to repeat your year's activities to both CPA's.You may have an overall larger bill from both professionals.Pro - You may be working with two different specialist.

However, I've seen homes with tax assessments that were 20 - 50% below market value and some that were assessed higher than market value, in the same market at the same time!

Enterprise being something that is currently active and earning income.Education and such to learn for a future enterprise is like college and not deductible.