Once you find a pitbull friendly policy you will find it excludes animal liability, thereby defeating the purpose of pitbull friendly insurance.

The Rentastic (and other RE focused systems) do seem way more simple, and user friendly than QBO.

I have a few friends that do MTRs in the Denver area and they are doing well. 

I've read BiggerPockets' Real Estate Investing book and am particularly interested in the house hacking strategy, as I'd like to move out of my current living situation.Our main dilemma is choosing between a single-family home (renting out one room to a close friend) or a multifamily property like a duplex or triplex.

make friends. 

Low barrier to entry, low taxes, landlord friendly, some amazing class A and B suburbs and a strong urban core. 

This brings me to now, I've taken this approach and have used my own money in lending, but am also bringing in friends and family to take part in these transactions so they can earn way better returns than with CD's.

First, Texas is one of the most landlord friendly states in terms of laws.

Quote from @Gregory Schwartz: I have 2 very close friends who grew well beyond 2 rentals with this strategy. 

I work with a lot of high earners and have a few friends of friends that are doctors and lawyers.