Thank you all for the helpful advice! I would much prefer to rent time on a longarmer, but unfortunately, I cannot find one in my area.
@sewingpup I was looking at the Viking Mega Quilter / Inspira frame combo, but discounted it due the age of the machine and the lack of throat size; thank you for sharing your experience with this combo. . I was looking at a Juki TL model and frame combo.
I haven't come to any decision yet. I think I will look into renting time on a machine maybe at a makerspace or I expand my search criteria.
Thank you again for the advice. This forum is very helpful.