I'd love to invest in my home town, and sincerely appreciate any help along the way (and of course, even if at minimum free grub for you or even help with deals, I'm happy to do all that I can in return!).

@Motu Lemafa, I suggest you just engage as many people as you can in-person to what you want to do and be naturally curious.For me, getting new clients has been hard though the referrals have started to come.

Remember the old saying: pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. 

The profit doesn't get divided until the fat lady sings.

I don't think we can in Oklahoma, but I did have a gun junkie renter accidentally shoot himself through his stomach and leg on Thanksgiving last year because his gut set off the trigger. 

I am going to continue doing my homework and learn as much as I can in this field.

However keep in mind that this is a generalization and that you can in some cases accidentally obligate yourself personally. 

Doug Martin you definitely want to invest as much time as you can in your education.

But I could buy the $45,000 house, the $21,000 house, the $23,000 house, the other $23,000 house, the $24,000 house, etc. over the course of that 3 years with help from partners and the peer-to-peer lending communities.And I realize I'm not going to see a $100,000 jump in value in one of my properties in just 3 years like you can in CA. 

I see the appeal of venmo, not sure you can set it up as recurring automatic pulls from residents bank accounts like you can in Cozy though.