If it were me, and I did when I left my last job 16 years ago, I'd transfer my old 401 to a traditional IRA. 

To get technical, you will be going up against the Economic Substance Doctrine which states that a transaction has economic substance if: (1) the transaction changes in a meaningful way (apart from Federal income tax effects) the taxpayer’s economic position; and (2) the taxpayer has a substantial purpose (apart from Federal income tax effects) for entering into such transaction.By transferring your primary residence into a LLC, you would not be changing your economic position.

We are now looking at the third place and ideally we can be joint tenants on everything for ease of transfer upon death of either spouse. 

You are essentially transferring depreciation from one property to another.

Ottawa was great but the numbers dont make sense no more.I also found that in many of these markets, the sellers are retiring, they are not overly greedy, some offer seller financing and there is always great value add opportunities (mostly under value rents, easy light reno cosmetic jobs and leases that include electric heat and water which can easily be transferred back to renters.

Turns out this same buyer gets A LOT of deals from the LB HMM,  Well turns out the buyer opened his LLC  about a month BEFORE the sale/ transfer  ( how did they know they were getting MY property ) I have spent 35k on attorneys .

Possibly transfer taxes, depending on the state.

Hi Tamara,Apparently you can purchase under your own name, and then after closing do a deed transfer to an LLC. 

With a sewage treatment or septic, my parish (county to non-Louisiana people) requires a permit to turn the power on once it has been turned off or even transferred. 

Apologies in advance for my absolute ignorance with this stuff.1) We plan to purchase all cash in our names then transfer the property into an LLC that we haven't created yet, less for liability and more for tax purposes (our accountant vaguely suggested we should start an LLC that does really anything so that we are able to write off more home office, travel and equipment expenses that we can no longer do since recent tax changes).