I did have one renter that lost part of the coffee pot.

It just adds another set of hands in the pot, working with buyers who have their own funding (big dogs) eliminates an added cost to rehabbing (hard money) and allows them to pay more for the deal.

Then, my next goal is to have it be $10k per month, then $20k, and my final goal is to be around $100k per month net.  I

This pot of money is called Cap Ex.  

It is not for lack of trying: we have looked at many "potential" candidates, even tried to underwrite a handful, but vendors think they are sitting on pots of gold and there is too much loose money about these days driving the prices into the realm of silly.It is much better to have a healthy sum in your bank account than a bad deal ... there will always be another candidate property and prices will eventually re-align themselves with fiscal reality.

If you don't have private/hard money lined up or a pot of gold on the side you may have just quit the one thing that could allow you to continue investing!

I have a lead for a flip in another state and the potential net is around $30k. 

@Sterling White loop net is a great resource.

I self finance my rehabs (well, actually, I more or less self-finance everything, but nevertheless); it is a lot less tempting to go overboard when you are borrowing money from yourself than it is when you are given a big pot of borrowed money from someone else, in my experience.

In addition landlords need to have a safety net.. I