1031 Exchange Questions Husband and Wife

[Julie Smith]

My husband and I have been buying rental properties for several years now and are getting close to reaching our limit of ten each.  We buy 1 solely in my name and 1 solely in his.  When we started this venture about 8 years ago we purchased two properties in both of our names (we didnt understand the Fanny-Freddie rules yet).  Those two properties values have risen over 125,000 each and we would like to sell them both and purchase 4 properties with the money in a 1031 exchange.  

Our issue here is we are both on the title of the houses, which would be only 2 open mortgage slots.  We would like to sell both houses and then buy 2 in my name and 2 in my husbands name.  Is this possible with a 1031, do I need a quit claim or refinance before doing this?  Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks,
Julie