—offers unique advantages.

So the big advantage of turn key is that you get a property that the property management company knows inside and out to eliminate negative surprises and you are getting a great management company and a good, qualified tenant from the start.  

or are there more advantages of transferring into an LLC and getting umbrella insurance for the LLC?

Implementing a value add strategy, which will raise rents and force appreciation has been an unfair advantage in just about any market condition. 

My thought is that the people that ARE using it for lead gen/outreach, automation etc. will keep the methods to themselves until the advantage of early adoption is done and that business segment is saturated, then they will sell courses to everybody else..

You have highlighted the advantage that local investors such as yourself have over national buyers such as hedge funds who are the largest buyers of non-performing mortgages. 

The last thing you want is for a national moratorium on evictions for 2021 to become official and your tenant taking advantage of that. 

bad tenants need to be strictly held to the lease or the will try to take advantage of landlord softness. 

And the passive loss rules may prevent you from getting a tax benefit if your rental deductions are more than your rental income for all of these options.David OrrTax ModernFirstly, utilizing Section 179 deductions for a vehicle purchase can indeed be advantageous, particularly if the vehicle is primarily used for business purposes.

I have always felt using it has many advantages.