You keep doing it (ie. buy personally then transfer) in my layman's opinion starts making the LLC your alter-ego thus piercing your corporate veil. 

My goal is to get out of corporate america in 5-7 years and do IT as a side gig with real estate my main income stream.

- What are the tax implications if I were to transfer the property to an s-corporation where I am the sole owner?

OF the 50%, I think it was 75% said they were leaving SF and moving out of state.Reasons: Cost of Living, Housing, High Tax, Homelessness, Politics, and Drug Use.Wish I could find that article.  

He said that he cannot lend to a corporation for speculative purposes, but that he CAN lend to an individual for ag purposes, and if that individual decides to sell the land to Farmer Brown, and it sells for higher than I bought it, then bully for me. 

Ideally you work with an agent who is also an active investor.I know what I am talking about because I have been an investor looking for a good agent and working with many different agents for almost 8 years - before I quit my corporate job and got licensed. 

As in: business will pay exactly the same amount of taxes with or without forming an LLC.An exception hinted at by Eamonn: when an LLC elects to be taxed as a corporation, such LLC might gain tax benefits of a corporation, but this still does not qualify as a "tax benefit of an LLC."

Personally I doubt your property will cash flow and would be very reluctant to get involved in CA housing/politics.

My partner used to work a corporate job making $120K/yr - she bought her first home in September 2019 and has since rented it out to cover the mortgage.

It will be easier for the big businesses to buy their way around the political system every 4 years than to up and move company headquarters to avoid some tax