Also, in terms of loan consolidation, I've heard both yes and no.

One can imagine a similar move for an investor who wanted to consolidate ownership of his LLC's into a Living Trust or other estate planning vehicle.  

They just impoverish themselves even more when, in reality, they should be consolidating their m&o on their own dime not expanding.I would argue that income/sales tax are a better alternative due to being more based on one's ability to pay.  

Hell, even some of the podcast hosts are starting to consolidate.

I want to take cash out to make minor repairs and consolidate debt in advance of selling the property before end of year.

Grace Christian is consolidating campuses and building its new school next door.

So go to the bank and and try to get a debt consolidation loan.

Nice when it's an inconvenience vs emergency.We've exceeded our goal for a while now, but are consolidating out of 100+ year--old rural c class multis to suburban 40 year-old b class. 

We are just trying to figure out if we need to go through this process now, or if we can wait and consolidate the properties under the LLC at a later date?

Definitely sounds like it makes more sense to exit Maine and consolidate all of your properties in NH.