At this point I think I would just like to find 3-4 others in my same boat and then meet face to face and discuss all of this and come up with a plan that works for everyone.

Since we're talking about a 150 or 152...chances are you're not taking anyone anywhere since most of the time you're over MTOW with 2 adults and decent fuel.

All the legal stuff is something that needs to be discussed and i've been reading up some info on the AOPA website, i'm sure they'd be willing to answer questions once we got a group together.