In the grand scheme of things, although cashflow was wiped out, you still at least had some mortgage paydown...

Just wondering if these types of programs are schemes to take hundreds of dollars.

the deals mainly came in from wholesalers and the big players there are all licensed and own real estate companies.no question little mom and pop doing a few year will come under the radar.. but they have zero protection if they get turned in or have an issue.if your setting up and are a player at 75 transactions a year your not going to have the Hey I did not know I am a newbie defense  LOL.. if you plan on doing volume there you might want to consider bringing a licensee in to your team.I understand in OHIO you need to be licensed as well.I left FLA for Cleveland area and Dayton and Cinnci.. now we close everything we aim and not even double close so not an issue for me.. but last time I was in town the attorney for the title company we use took me to lunch and we discussed how OHIO interprets these things and its clear if its a scheme to circumvent license laws its not legal.. but as we were noshing on our mid day meal.. we both said well that maybe the law but with all the guru's teaching this stuff and really a ton of what is propagated on this site.. its still rampant and those that wish to do it will just continue until they are stopped.if we did not need licenses to sell real estate we did not own..

If/when I make this transition, what do I need to do to get it publicly registered as a quadplex, so I can start enacting all my schemes?

Dear wife only changed her mind 34 times on color scheme. 

These are schemes created by MBA students to bring the banking industry down.Since then all applications have been carefully scrutinized.

Pick a design, color scheme, fonts, and stock photos that will be consistent in your mailings so they continue to see your name across 10 mailings and don't think you are 10 different people.A strong call-to-action is #1.

I have been a sucker for any and all get rich quick schemes over the life of my career I am afraid to say. 

The way i see it is that it would be far easier to live in the place that I'm renting out (duplex/triplex/multiplex), but that it also shouldn't really make much of a difference in the scheme of things since cash flow is cash flow and I can throw the profits at my current rent payments and still technically manage to live for free/reduced cost.  

If you're deadset on repainting it, I'd maintain the current color scheme personally.