I think I'm just going to write that check and use it as a learning experience. 

Check Apts.com if they have anything in that market.  

As for books, if you haven't already, I highly recommend checking out "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by Brandon Turner.

Check out BP Podcasts: https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcastGood luck on your journey!

I know this isnt what your looking for, but I had a property go vacant while i was rehabbing it(I didnt check the mail ever) and have gotten an insane amount of cards from wholesalers/investors. 

Bank statements are nothing but a sanity check in case you think they provided fake tax returns maybe.

It would be like writing a check to yourself. 

Navigating through the se of options, I would recommend asking people you know who have experience in whatever it is you are trying to do for their referrals, cross checking what they say with any online reviews, and coming to your own conclusion after speaking to them yourself.

My questions are: Are they any implications (tax or otherwise) if after the funds are paid into the business account and my friend writes a check to their personal account from the LLC to get his money out?  

@Ceasar Abreu, another possible benefit of a HELOC is they are often interest only for many years, which means your net cash flow could be higher, but this also leaves a balloon payment.I will echo Greg: the only thing refinancing definitely saves you is having to write one check instead of two each month.