If you keep waiting to time the  market you will never be able to indulge in the benefit of real estate!

I use it for ones in my area and have benefited from the local relationships made there.

I mis-spoke, I was simply try to say that an investor can borrow from their own sources to get the benefits of leverage without having to cosign a loan for a larger amount that will negatively impact their net worth.

But for me the benefits our weigh the risks and draw backs.

Thus, if the lease is written between ABC LLC & Tenant rather than Owner & Tenant, will this provdide any sort of protection or added tax benefits? 

Simple as that.If you are funneling funds from a plan funded transaction into an arrangement elsewhere that benefits you, that would be in violation of the IRS rules and could result in very severe tax consequences for your plan.  

I am interested in becoming a landlord and not sure if it would benefit me to manage my properties under an LLC, individual, etc?  

This sort of puts to rest the notion that the one who does something for the sake of education in loan investing is truly benefiting "more" than they otherwise would if they do it themselves.  

another beauty of real estate and leverage is the depreciation tax benefit.

I only work with a select group of DST and TIC sponsors who have long experience, good track records and have the investors' benefit front of mind.