They are like injury attorneys and get paid a percentage of your claim so they fight for max amount. 

My question is: if we decide to pull the trigger on this deal what are some creative strategies to optimize my return on this land?

HiI pulled the trigger, a couple of months ago, on a 2000 sq ft building in a very busy road frontage location in Ocean Isle Beach, NC.

Those who waited are now in a significantly worse position than they would have been if they pulled the trigger last year and that's only going to get worse if they don't jump in soon.Maybe the market will crash tomorrow morning and they'll be proven right, but I just don't see signs of it happening.  

Be aware that if you have a mortgage on the property, the transfer to an LLC may trigger the due on sale clause (that could be avoided using a land trust).

Under Massachusetts law, it is illegal to discriminate against someone because the presence of children might trigger a property owner's duties under the lead paint laws or because someone receives a housing subsidy, such as a Section 8 voucher, to pay for some or all of their rent.

Since you still have a mortgage on your first property, transferring title *could* trigger the due on sale clause if the mortgage holder looks into it.

After a year, I pulled the trigger.

My property management companies in TX require 300k bodily injury and property damage.

I strongly suspect (without even seeing your loan docs on your personal loan), that transferring it to your LLC might trigger a due on sale clause and the bank could call your loan, if they ever found out.