I've heard warnings from Multiple Attorneys about bad practices (co-mingling funds with your personal accounts for example) causing courts to break the veil of the LLC and allow personal lawsuits.  

I have also came across a few online pre courses offered, which is a couple hundred dollars less than the face to face courses.

One word of caution - highly recommend checking out who is servicing the note currently - if it is owner servicing it the note is typically not as valuable.Some sites that do sell are fciexchange, paperstac, madison management, watermark exchange, loanmls to name a few of you looked at online portals

He has a ton of free content online (videos/podcasts).There are others out there such as Eddie speed out of Texas and Martin Saenz who is local (NOVA).

Any suggestions for where to go for a primer, either online or books? 

So thats why i ask how much is knowledge worth thats practiced and get real results. 

It was recommended by the attorney to have an accountant who practices in both states as I live in Alexandria VA and will be investing in the Rochester NY area.

On top of that you have your price to rent ratio's, cash flow probability and the contacts you can make who work in those markets.Below are some more best practices for out of state investors.

the best way to do this is to have lawyer write it up. the second best way is to purchase on online (BP sells state specific leases, prepared by attorneys) and you can always make some modifications to it...but the most important part is to run the purchased lease by a local real estate attorney to make sure it and any additions comply with state law

He is a frequent contributor to this forum, and you can check out his company, Sense Financial, online.