If I had been tracking the assets via accounting, I would simply make a journal entry showing the LLC's assets and liabilities going to zero and transferring them to the Holding LLC or the LLC Members.

For consulting with a CPA.As mentioned above you can simply take monthly distributions, but what is most important is how you are set up. 

Without rent control i either raise their rent far above market rents so they give me notice (my preferred method) or i simply do not renew their lease.

It simply depends on your time frame, when you want to actually begin renting the property out short term, and what the loan terms are.

During that time I've often described the multifamily market as a traffic collision at a 4-way intersection where you had (lack of or negative) rent growth coming from one direction, and from the other directions: cap rates, expenses, and interest rates. 

I don't want a nice car or nothing flashy with the money I have made it simply goes directly into the SMP

The indoor malls that simply offered shopping and a food court are the ones dying off.I've seen some malls be demolished and replaced with high-density single family developments. 

Usually when a landlord cannot find qualified tenants but are getting a fair amount of inquiries there's an underlying real estate problem and the qualified tenants simply do not want to live in that location.

These problems often occur in vacant homes due to lack of ventilation, climate control, and regular inspections.

Scenario 1 they don’t or refuse to move- eviction costs and/or lost rent Scenario 2 they move out and Cap ex and turnover costs, lost rent, advertising for new tenants in a somewhat of a qualified tenant shortage, headaches can be avoided by simply having a conversation with the tenant to see where their head is at, and that they understand what your expectations are.