The profit doesn't get divided until the fat lady sings.

I don't think we can in Oklahoma, but I did have a gun junkie renter accidentally shoot himself through his stomach and leg on Thanksgiving last year because his gut set off the trigger. 

I am going to continue doing my homework and learn as much as I can in this field.

However keep in mind that this is a generalization and that you can in some cases accidentally obligate yourself personally. 

Doug Martin you definitely want to invest as much time as you can in your education.

But I could buy the $45,000 house, the $21,000 house, the $23,000 house, the other $23,000 house, the $24,000 house, etc. over the course of that 3 years with help from partners and the peer-to-peer lending communities.And I realize I'm not going to see a $100,000 jump in value in one of my properties in just 3 years like you can in CA. 

I see the appeal of venmo, not sure you can set it up as recurring automatic pulls from residents bank accounts like you can in Cozy though.

It just seems unreasonable that i have offered everything to them (pet deposit, increased rent, special products for the cat to have it not scratch things) and still get a big fat no in my face.

When you do this it drives gross sales for which they get a royalty off of but it takes your profit margins way down.These companies on re-image costs, food costs, advertising costs, running specials sometimes get one over on the franchisees by building in fat over the top markups on products.

Depending on how serious you are about buying multiple rental properties and the amount you have in the 401k I take out as much of the 401k as you can in 1 loan and then get multiple properties.