While my overall debt won't change - I can consolidate it all at a much better rate long-term, and increase monthly cash-flow.Of course, the terms lengthen (to a new, full 30 year) - but I can comfortably pay the difference towards principal-pay down so that the interest over life of the loan comes down.

We have sent countless millions of offers to owners since 1999 using assessor data consolidators like RealQuest Pro (the back end of Listsource).For houses I current filter1.

I work for the PO and there’s always talk about closing rural offices and consolidating them with the next town/village/city in order to save money.

I did experience turnover as some took advantage of the $8k 1st time homebuyer credit and young people consolidated- moved somewhere with a roommate or back home, but they filled quickly for more $. 

If it were me I might be inclined to consolidate at least a few of the SFR's into multi-family.

@Josh Caldwell, It's commonly called a consolidation exchange. 

Then they die and the heirs get a step up basis so at that point the depreciation and gain go away.The form 8824 filed with your next tax return consolidates all of this.

Financial planning clients (I am also a financial planner) want to consolidate tax prep and financial planning under one roof.

In other words, seems like a unique way to increase the value of the two buildings by consolidating them as one entity.So of course first you'll want to find a real estate attorney with experience specifically in deals where the seller holds the note. 

My partners and I started in smaller cities and towns (Waterloo, Edmonton, Hamilton), but we've been consolidating our efforts in Toronto over the past 5-7 years.There is a trade-off between cash flow returns and equity growth and when I started investing in the early 2000's, I was solely focused on cash flow and cap rates.