Feel free to message me with  specific questions.

Hey Brett - Speaking specifically about closing costs, those can be a little hard to pin down.

moving it to an LLC will not do much for you in the way of asset protection OR taxes (double check that with a cpa, everyone's tax picture is different). most people lean towards the LLC thing for legal protection, but a single-member LLC is a thin veil that's easily pierced. you'd be paying LLC fees & paying another LLC tax return prep fee, for what i'd say is nothing. if you do want to transfer the deed to an LLC anyway, you'd do a 'quit claim deed' with a title company or real estate attorney. if the mortgage lender ever says something you'll just give them proof that it's a single-member LLC and the one member is you (the original borrower). 

I love this specific neighborhood in Louisville: the Portland neighborhood.

Happy to go through your specifics with you if you’d like

I also want to fatten them up still slowly for now, so that I can cash out a specific amount of equity after paying taxes and transaction costs. 

You realize the lease terms, which you probably printed off some legal-ish website is ripe for retaliation if you ever came across a true problem tenant. 

Advertise that you are holding an open house on a specific date and time.

If you want to stay in the active real estate game but not wanting to buy right away you could 1031 into specific DSTs that have a 721UpReit OPTIONAL component.

Feel free to reach out at any time and happy to share more specifics.