The cost of the program is $60K.A little about me:-38 years old (would finish the program at 41)-I currently work in corporate finance at a large media company with 2 years of experience in the department.

Holding a property in an LLC really doesn't do much good or offer any substantial protections or benefits unless you also have a fully comprehensive estate planning strategy that incorporates your entire financial life and all your assets / business / debts / etc.... 

Mom and Pop and arm chair investors will not be able to counteract dishonest tenants. 

Germain act of 1982 was set up to protect transfers to trusts from the due on sale clause that has been recently incorporated into Fannie Mae also.

Good insight, will incorporate that into my strategy.

I am considering a franchise as well and looking at how I can use or incorporate real estate strategies within this business concept.  

Incorporating protects your personal property for a possible lawsuit.

Typically once you cross a certain threshold it makes sense to incorporate. 

They’ve finally started to incorporate HomeAway data as well.

For liability protection, many times real estate LLC's incorporate in Delaware.