If you learn to play the game correctly and don’t go nuts with leverage there isn’t a practical limit to the number of mortgages you can have IF you are willing to accept a small risk of the loans being called when interest rates rise appreciably.

Even if they do, if you try to collect on a judgment, they'll just move and play the shell game.

This property would be a cash flow play. The

If you can break even, you can play the appreciation game (likely appreciation in OC), but that is risky.

If so, this is a violation and she should be fined or you demand the dog be removed.However, she probably knows how to play the game and can get a doctor to write a letter designating the animal as an ESA.

The first thing is to figure out how you want to play the game. 

You can play the low down payment game for up to 4 or 5 properties before it starts to become a tough sell for your lender. 

Everybody is quick to play the discrimination card these days.  

If you can't stack the deck in your favor in this way, then you may not be ready to play the game yet. 

There are some fantastic companies in the market place (I'd put my company in that lot), but there are also some providers that play things fast and loose.