i've thought about this a little too, im on the east coast so i have no (actual) knowledge of how any of that really works. id say its prolly just like any business, you have to know some people and be reliable to them. i dont think they want to invest in the plants you grow in your closet or basement (sell those at the end of your driveway). im sure dispenseries run based on the same economic basis as any business does, manufacturers, distributors, retail , taxes.
i think marijuana will eventually resemble the alcohol industry, big corporate low grade nation-wide commercial brands, then small indepentdant state-wide breweries, and then county wide microbreweries, all the way down to makin it at your own home and givin some to your buddies!
it sucks that its still illegal.... bottom line!(redicilous). either one of you could be narcs.....both of you could be narcs and end up bustin eachother haha!!!id like to smoke a bowl and watch that go down!!hahaha