A good piece of advice is to hold on to all your good stuff and transfer any marginal or questionable stuff into better stuff. 

I also found out that they moved a tenant in on 4/28 and his bank transfer bounced a week later and they had to evict him because he refused to pay.

I am currently using my VA benefits for my current property, a war buddy of mine, says I can transfer this to another property.

Hello - Is it possible/legal to sell or somehow transfer a rental I own to a SDIRA? 

Or should I hold title until the buyer obtains bank loan and pays me off to transfer title. 

But you've already paid a truck load of taxes by getting so much for the option.It is possible to sell the property without the deed transferring. 

Actively licensed properties can transfer to the new owners but until about 100 sales or non renewals of currently licensed properties occurs, no non commercially zoned or non active rentals can obtain a new permit.

The lease was recorded with the county but has no terms in it stating that lease transfers with a property sale.  

Can I create an LLC and transfer the house to the LLC without changing my current mortgage rate?

This keeps the money in your family but transfers it to the real estate holding company.