Guess a GA lawyer is the best person to ask. 

Paying for an online course before you know other investors and have gone to meetups is just paying to procrastinate.

That’s before factoring in utilities or each personal situation.

I know him personally, and he is the reason I got into co-living.

I’m always looking to implement best management practices so what can I, as a landlord, do to protect myself when accepting online payments?

This person will most likely always pay on time and their is a higher likelihood they are clean which will mean in the end of their lease you can lease it to the next person while theyvare there and the deposit will cover the small charges. 

The average person thinks about a dollar and how they can spend it.

I have corporate bookkeeping experience and can see all the money coming in online but there is no one there I can speak with about our account.

I think I'm speaking for myself in terms of a price point that I'm personally not comfortable with over there since it is not in my own buy box yet. 

@Yosef Ajami, we use Quickbooks Online for all of our Clients (including syndicators).