"Robert Perkins" wrote in message ...

1 -- How often to leaseback opportunities manifest themselves
generally? If this guy is really looking to lease airplanes, he might
favor me (or me and a partner) as a lessor, was my thinking. I'd hate
to pass up a really good opportunity to own an airplane.

This is NOT a good opportunity to own an airplane, and I suspect favors
are going to be hard to come buy. Leasebacks are businesses. If he
owns these planes outright, his business is in trouble. Leasebacks
are not going to save him.

2 -- Is it ever even possible for low time private pilots (under 100
hours, in my case) to get the insurance needed to do a leaseback
arrangement?

That's easy. It doesn't matter how much time you have. The insurance
isn't covering you as a pilot, it's covering the rental use of the aircraft.
You don't even need to be a pilot.

3 -- Are there any really good general descriptions or guidelines out
there of what it would take to put such a thing together?

The two major things a
1. Keeping the aircraft available for the paying customers.
2. Keeping a handle on the maintenance.

If you're really serious about it, I can go further.

4 -- How does one go about assembling the spousal-persuasion
presentation for such a harebrained idea like this? Any success
stories?

Well, I have an uncommon situation. Margy owns the aircraft, she
just lets me fly it.