I have not been able to find any records of a probate, will or deed that would have transferred ownership.

That being said, there will be red tape, but this should make you some money in the end.

But don't bother transferring property titles to it yet. 

I paid 40k in back tax's plus gave the owner 10k before she lost the property in a matter of days.. but she would never sign the closing docs.. so i was forced to sue for performance.. she did not have the money to give me my money back.. took 2 years and about 15k in attorneys fees but we won.. even with the judges order she would never sign the deed.. so  I had to go back in and get the judge to amend the order in a manner that title company would insure me based on his court order.. its the first time I ended up owning anything with NO deed transferring title.  

The structure would be to have the LLC lease my properties from me and then sublease to tenants (to avoid due on sale clause and not pay transfer taxes).

Later i noticed the wire transfer @1:42pm later the same day.

Existing permits will not transfer but some can reliably be granted within months or just post closing.

1) How many rentals have you transferred from your name into an LLC ?

Current advice is that we need to keep the property in the trust for 1 year and can then transfer it over to our LLC.  

@Glen Emery you could collect rent thru Paypal, the transfer will cost one or two $ :)