When I asked about this I was more or less told that because they run the purchase/sale through the agent's brokerage firm it makes the process more efficient and there are all these moving parts etc.

If you've used a sprayer before, it's so much more efficient.

How to close quickly and efficiently.

Skin in the game for the whole group is much more effective and efficient than individual leases. 

Door-knocking is on my radar, but if there’s an efficient workaround for reaching out to expireds, I’d love to know!

This rental income flows to you as personal income, and the LLC can deduct the rent expense, which can help with tax efficiency.

Work with an attorney or CPA for tax-efficient entity structuring.2.

So pricing projects out and creating efficient scopes of work should not be an issue.

Most commodities and markets are efficient, which means nothing good lasts forever.

You seem like a seasoned investor, but many folks hold the properties all in their own name and while you can do an LLC transfer, being able to "wipe" your portfolio and start a new as a smarter investor then when you started is really nice if you can do it in a tax efficient way