But transferring the property into the LLC should be pretty straightforward.

I've used Stessa for a couple of years but I'm transitioning everything to QBO now due to my personal bank feeds constantly breaking in Stessa and causing a ton of unnecessary manual data entry.

They are wondering if he can transfer the house to their names prior to the transition in order to avoid this (and are there time limits?).

I have an excel sheet that I use to put in all of the data when looking at a deal to evaluate if it's worth purchasing.

Sounds like it IS a good idea to transfer the title to the LLC name if possible. https://spruce.co/blog/should-...

What's everyone's favorite solution to find real estate data.

I know about entity transfer (drop and swap) but that really does not help, School districts have become savvy (or just notorious) and will still increase the taxes.

I don’t plan on transferring these properties to an LLC for at least another year so I need the additional liability coverage to protect myself.

The low income tenants and welfare crowd tend also like to sue more often, this is backed up by data insurance companies use when quoting your property based on poverty rates of neighborhood. 

The IRS only allows you to transfer within the same ownership.