Lastly, if you’re currently taking a homestead exemption on property taxes, once that drops off (if you’re currently taking chose to transfer the exemption to your new home) your property taxes will likely increase $1k-$2k thus increasing your monthly mortgage.

In fact, he says he transferred the title to himself, to "protect" his "investment".

@Daniel Johnson Hi Daniel, I just moved from Ontario to Nova Scotia and transferred my real estate license to NS, my wife and I are investing in Nova Scotia, and would love to help you out with your short term waterfront rental project, you can message me anytime. 

But they are working hard to try and make the permits non-transferable.

I’m leaning towards the Fannie Mae route but have no idea the process to transfer it to your LLC later.

Could you gift the down payment to your mother in law so she can buy it and then transfer title to you when your house is done?

Transferring ownership to your LLC might trigger transfer taxes or reassessment, depending on your local regulations.Commercial lenders will evaluate your loan based on the property’s cash flow (DSCR) rather than your personal income, which is great for freeing up your DTI. 

The oil company now owns the subsurface rights to that property (one of the property's appurtenances) and can transfer or keep them as they wish.

I would still work with a title company on this and let your lender know (if you have one) of the name change and what you are doing so they do not think you are selling the property.Another option would be to create a living trust for estate purposes and transfer it into the estate.

Here are title cost numbers from my last deal in Lake Oswego ($625k sales price):Title agent fee: $1100Owner's title policy: $1425Recording fee: $350MERS: $25There may be transfer taxes depending on what county the property is in, as well.Chris