Since the properties were purchase in my name, how do I transfer them to the LLC?

.- 1% transfer fee when buying property paid for by the buyer.- Inheritance tax. 

They don't lend to corporations.If you keep it in the LLC, you would have to get a commercial loan that stays on the lender's balance sheet.If you want to use a conventional loan, then the property would have to be transferred to your own name.

I also just posted further information, he was claiming they couldn't find my property (where his comment came in) and I later confirmed the co had in fact discussed the transfer with him more than once. 

Since you still have a mortgage on your first property, transferring title *could* trigger the due on sale clause if the mortgage holder looks into it.

And if I have a property that I purchased before forming the company, should I transfer that to the company's name, or leave it in my name?

Once a buyer arrives, transfer the title and carry the note for the balance. 

The title company that did the settlement offered a "gift deed" as a method to transfer ownership of the property, from my wife and I to the LLC.

or will closing costs including transfer and title fees, etc eat up a lot of it?

Also, my relinquished property did not have any debt.Can I purchase the property in a cash transaction and thus satisfy the 1031 exchange, transfer our interest in the TIC into an LLC and then cash out refinance to have funds ready for the next deal?