It's an inexpensive market, but don't fall for cheap opportunities that look good on paper and details left out concerning the location and the vacancy rate. 

Does anyone know of a success story transferring a property to an LLC that is mortgaged through Chase?

Any pointers on how should I run numbers to compare two cases.Case 1:  Rent home A, Buy Home B @7.5%, with potential refinance at 3.5-4% ( ifff thats feasible ) after 2 years, once the rates are down. ( i know high hopes , but I dont think 7.5% is the new normal ).Case 2: Sell the home, get equity out, pay the whole equity ( dont know if thats wise ) towards downpayment of home B, reducing loan amount to approx 320k. 

Initially renting is likely cheaper, but when you purchase with a fixed rate loan most of your expenses are fixed cost.  

It will be a search until lending and rates start to ease up. 

If I come across a flip where we could pull the majority of the money out, or keep only a reasonable amount in and the rents would cover the mortgage, I would consider it but I haven't really seen that here since the interest rates have been over 5%. 

That means you are getting $730 rent, and the market rate is probably $1,200 or more.

However, only a few have been built and proven successful.

The proper amount of leverage can lead to a ton of success.

You can certainly outsource cold calling to another company or independent worker, and I am sure many agents do this successfully and it works.