Upon transfer of ownership we inherited 6 vacancies which we immediately updated or rented for market rate.

Title does transfer, but the mortgage doesn't.

With rates so low we pulled cash out of one of the properties and we're going to use those funds to buy the third and keep our savings.In a huge turn of events, my husband will be transferring to San Diego this spring, and looking at the price of homes is an absolute sticker shock. 

You will get title insurance and adequate hazard insurance, there will be a closing attorney or title company handling the transfer of funds, and you will get legal documents drawn up (DO NOT use an online template) by an attorney familiar with lending in your state (which may not be the attorney that closes the deal because they often aren't generating loan docs, but receiving them from lenders).

Wife would need a job transfer to the location of purchase and your combined debts hit your debt to income ratios.

With everything I learned, I am confident I can finish this next one much faster.

Its a gamble, but I think rates will moderate so when you transfer them to the LLC you might be able to get better rates on the commercial loans when you refinance during the Title transfer. 

After it is staged I check a box and the row the item details are on is transferred to an archive page.

And then, presumably, the other main cost would just be recording fees to transfer titles into the trust. 

Germain act allows you to transfer some properties without triggering the due on sale clause - there are limitations around the type of loan you have, how many units the property are, etc.