It's possible this will evolve in time as we've talked for a few years about doing deals together.

At this point, I can't go back in time and re-buy the property under the LLC.

Whether or not you NEED to do business in an LLC or not is a matter of asset protection and tax planning that you should discuss with someone with intimate knowledge of your financial situation like your attorney, estate and or tax advisors.

I've said it on here before: if I were going back in time, I would buy a dump to live in, fix it up, sell it/rent it out, go live in my van until I found another place, rinse, repeat. 

That being said it would be very difficult for me to make it in time to attend through the week while I still have a regular job.

I've changed from looking for great current returns to looking for ones that get a good return now but know that in time will become better as rents can increase, update the property to get more equity to use for others, etc.

The amount you spend in time and money on these extra steps is real. 

If you maximize your leverage, acquire it and raise the rents in time, with or without improvements, your cash flow will just increase. 

At this point in time, I do not want any further discussion of NRU on these forums.

Apparently at some point in time it was the most common contract used.