I currently am franchising stores for a few years now and am seeing the leases we sign and square footage we pay for. 

Small and midsize businesses can not afford the quality of general manager that can successfully lead a business, wear the many hats necessary for a small business, or exhibit the entrepreneurial traits needed to ensure success.The exception used to be the high end franchises like McDonalds.  

Not sure what state you're in but in CA I'd have to pay an extra $800 franchise tax for each LLC even if I set up the LLC in another state (I was going to do the LLC in Wyoming for anonymity using a registered agent). 

WHY THESE 2 RE FRANCHISE FIRMS? 

My property manager is still taking out Franchise tax monthly and I'm neg negative $200/month and I don't know what to show them to stop them from taking that franchise tax from my proceeds.1) Do I have to put my property to my WY statutory trust as I do with my other state properties to their LLCs?  

Have you noticed how Mercedes Benz, traditionally a strong player in dealership franchises, is now moving towards direct online sales, the Tesla sales model.From what I understand, the reason behind this move is pretty clear.

No experience with it, but I know there are franchises like Motto Mortgage, that provide mortgage in a box essentially, or check bizbuysell and see if there is an existing firm available for sale.

Otherwise, since you live in TX you won't have any state franchise fees to pay.

I've looked into some franchising and/or small business via the SBA loan but I keep coming back to RE like others have mentioned. 

The good thing about Texas is that the state does not have a state income tax.The only potential filing oblgation that you can have with Texas is if you have an LLC and therefore required to file a franchise tax obligation.