We have no desire to charge for the opportunity to connect with likeminded investors/business people and hope to bring value to the local investor community.

I'm assuming the spouse is required to work for a legitimate business and receive either W2 or 1099 from that business, but is this the easiest route to take? 

To @Jerryll Noorden point, if you are in the business for the long run, you are better off learning how to make them chase you, not the other way around.

Very, very rarely do good things just happen to people sitting on their hands in this business.

We had an awesome lineup of industry leaders like Daymond John, Pace Morby, Michael Sjogren, Bill Faeth, Shawn Meaike, and more sharing their top insights.The event was packed with practical tips on branding, marketing, and revenue management that you can apply right away to boost your STR business.

Do these companies have golf cart insurance for their golf cart rental business?

The business who signed a 5 year lease in August of 2019, that's up in August of 2024.I'd go walk my happy butt into that office space.

and your PM will upcharge or charge you for every little thing, that is their business model.If you keep it, you can offset these losses and also try to consider cost segregation to juice it out.Else 1031 into another one, Pocono prices are stagnant for now, you should be able to get almost same price.

I'm happy to give my opinion/response which is business based and not grounded in real estate law.

I have been in the remodeling  business for 30 years and have always wanted to get in on investing in real estate.