I'm writing you this while I have this week's episode of BP currently on pause (great episode so far).  

Obviously there are other issues in play here, but the legal basis for his current trouble should give pause to rookies and pros alike that are investing using their and their family members' names.

The 10% penalty didn't give me too much pause either.  

Unfortunately I'm getting deployed for a year so the project is going to get partially done then, put on pause.

Those with homes on the market start to feel pressure to get it done before their kids go back to school and/or a large chunk of the family-with-school-age-kids buyer pool stops their home search until next summer or at least puts it on pause until the school year hits its stride.

I understand I get a 10-year "pause" to the rule.

If your sources of income continue to be an issue, press pause on the property search altogether and look to make a shift into more conventional sources of income (or otherwise regulate your income in some fashion)- What this shift entails is a completely different issue - for example, if lenders would like to see a higher earnings level, this is a different question than seeing steadier/more regular earningsObviously I don't know the full context around your earnings situation, which is why bullet point #2 is extra light and only comes after exhausting other available options within the scope of your current lifestyle.

In our situation, knowing that those were the terms would have given me pause to signing that agreement.

It automatically pauses the play if you get a call.  

Well, I would take a brief pause on your CPAs recommendations.