If you decide to move forward with debt consolidation, make sure you carefully research the company you’re working with.

As leases expire the major practice administrators either consolidate and relocate practices into large medical campuses, or negotiate leases with retail strip centers that have empty space and are willing to sign a long term lease at way below market rent to attract an “anchor”.  

., “yes, I’d sell” or they provide a price point).Team Structure: Lean and EffectiveInstead of managing massive teams like in years past, I’ve consolidated operations into a small, specialized structure:1 VA Lead Manager / Marketing SpecialistSends all outbound texts (10K/day).Qualifies inbound leads.Acts as appointment setter assists with transactions coordination.Maintains thousands of leads in CRM follow-up. 

When to 1031.Most investors pull the trigger when:They want to scale doors (1 house → 2–4+ units).They’ve maxed out appreciation and don’t see much upside left.They want to consolidate into stronger locations (sounds like you’re thinking this way with the “type B” town).Or when a property starts to feel like “lazy equity” — lots of value tied up but not enough cash-on-cash return.3.

One of our advertising outreach approaches is Sparefoot, who is a Self storage Consolidator. 

That makes it harder to pay off faster or refinance to consolidate.

This is all just one option depending on PM timing / and your preference, but I agree you definitely want one consolidated source of truth.

Airbnb/Short Term Rental investors - I'm helping a client with global sourcing experience validate a business idea and wondering if this would actually move the needle for you...The concept: A done-for-you supply chain service that sources your recurring STR supplies (towels, toiletries, linens, etc.) directly from vetted factories in China, adds your custom branding, and ships everything consolidated to save you 20-30% vs. retail.So instead of multiple Amazon/Costco runs or risky Alibaba orders, you'd get:Branded amenities (your logo on shampoo bottles, towels, etc.)Bundled shipments every 30-60 daysQuality control and inspection handledBoutique guest experience at wholesale pricesExample: One operator projected $20K+ annual savings on 50+ units just by switching their towel and toiletry sourcing.The tradeoff: 30-day lead times vs. same-day pickup, and you'd need to plan inventory ahead.Honest question for operators with 10+ units: Are you spending $200-500+ per unit annually on supplies, or constantly dealing with inconsistent quality/stockouts?

The challenge we're running into is consolidating between the two sources without going through hundreds of transactions manually.

Whenever I confront my tenants about this, they either claim it's being taken care of by a third party payment plan they set up (probably some sort of debt consolidation program, presumably) or they tell me they have taken care of it.