Under the 1984 Garn-Saint Germain Act You can legally transfer the title of your personal residence into a trust for "ESTATE PLANING PURPOSES", but NOT for liability protection. 

Primary residence has about 100k in equity. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence wholesale investment.

You don't get to choose who claims the property based on who makes more money.Third, here comes the bad news: you cannot generate tax losses from renting rooms out of your own (or your daughter's) residence.

Our first investment will be turning our primary resident into a short term rental. 

Have you stopped into the local coffee shops and bars/restaurants to speak with the residents?

I was talking with a mortgage broker last week and he was telling me that a co-signer can only be a family member and on a primary residence.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

You might need to fund that, either with a higher purchase price, or something creative.Otherwise, there are no other options that would allow you to qualify to buy this as a primary residence.

I bought my first house 1 year ago as my primary residence.