My CPA years ago advised me to file a partnership tax return and attribute the income and expenses to the partnership (so essentially we treat the taxes exactly the same way we would if we had created an LLC and deeded the property over to the LLC).  

Hoping to find some options I called what is to me essentially a hard money broker who I have worked with on almost all of my deals and asked her if she knows people who finance real estate businesses.

Looking for a good book suggestion  to educate myself on the topic of taxes, legal paperwork in real estate, etc.

If it is your primary residence and in your own name you should be able to get very favorable terms on a 30 year fixed rate term which would keep your payments lower than a 20 year term and/or allow you to pull more cash out with a higher LTV.As far as working with the same lender (whether it is conventional mortgage lender or a portfolio lender) would be that you only have to gather all the necessary paperwork once (assuming you do the transaction close to the same time).  

If you make even the smallest mistake in your paperwork, the courts can slam you with triple damages awarded to the tenant.  

The "Title-Lender's Policy" is essentially title insurance that covers the amount of the loan.  

This is essentially saying the market rent needs to be equal or greater to the total mortgage payment (collected during appraisal).

Since that time, bulk owners have purchased thousands of units, some of them at bargain prices, and now seven years later, most condominium“The Florida Distressed Condominium Act was essential to the recovery of Florida’s condominium market”, says Carlos R Arias, Partner with Arias Bosinger, PLLC.

However, from my understanding, house hacking is essentially splitting a property into two parts, business and personal.

This structure gives the investor a chance to get out of the ARM with little or no penalties after year 2 (1% is almost negligible in most scenarios) and essentially gives a 3 year window to refi before any adjustments ever occur.