Once you reach the FNMA threshold of 10 properties financed, they are a very good option to consolidate the notes.Happy to help with any other questions. 

Which is classical consolidation.

Many things that people thinking are wrong is there's unintended consequences for Fed action, for example, making interest rate higher than S&P earning yield is basically forcing company to do consolidation and industry and aka layoff of people with higher salary, it really doesn't matter if unemployment is reduced if 1 mil job is opened to flip burger by cutting 600k six digit high paying salary. 

Looking forward to seeing these posts consolidated in their own category.

Even better...consolidate them into one payment (not a settlement plan) and don't run them up ever again.

Could go either way Toledo has some 4 plexes that could consolidate some of your operations. 

Here is what we decided to go with: Apartments.com (property mgmt) , Stessa (portfolio mgmt) and HOAH.live (HOA consolidator).

This consolidation is 100% a trait of why this hard asset class is a scarcity play.

I am going the other direction  selling consolidating moving to cash and just do short term Mezz... but that's just me... but I did just buy a MHP last week I might keep it a year or so.. in our market of Portland I am not really aware of a portfolio lender. other than a smaller commercial bank who does it for a courtesy..

 1-Use your personal credit card to purchase the second property .2-Use business credit to purchase the second property3-Go to a site like LendingTree and apply for a personal installment loan and use as the reason to consolidate debt but do not ever put anything real estate related because it will get rejected immediately4-Borrow against your 401(k) by the second home.5-Partner with 5 family and friends in buying the second home