Consolidating your properties might be difficult, but will ultimately be up to what the banker deem as reasonable.In Norway, banks base your credit ability soley on you your income.

I had set up a business checking account with Wells Fargo, but when it came down to it, I couldn't afford to wait several business days to consolidate funds into that account -- I needed to send payments ASAP.Not the most ideal situation.

But it's better to spread your risk than consolidate your risk.I understand what others are saying about buying in a nicer area but if you have your money in two investments and one fails you still have the other investment.If you have all your money in one house and it fails, you've lost everything.

If you want to do this type consolidation exchange you'll want to pay very close attention to the dates of sales so you can make sure and clump as many into your next 1031 purchase as possible.Another option would be to locate the perfect next property and then control it using a reverse exchange. 

I need to consolidate some rental houses since I dont have 200k cash, it is all tied up.Capital is a concern at 200k per property.  

Like it or not this industry is headed for consolidation with Zillow and CoStar (Apartments) becoming the two dominant players.  

I would love to consolidate everything to one place.

There is a lot to be said about commercial multi-families where you can have a lot of units under one roof which consolidates management, creates economies of scale for maintenance and capex projects, and also gives you an easier time of managing/visiting your investment.

Or you can roll it into some 30YF mortgage during a cash out refinance (many people consolidate it into that very same property's mortgage, since it had enough equity for a HELOC it probably has enough to do this). 

When applying, you usually have to state a reason you are getting it (like loan consolidation or home improvement or whatever).