You are correct about Dallas County.

Each side is 1050 sf so you guessed correctly on size. 

And if I understand this correctly I wouldn't be subject to any penalties if I decided to go from short term 7 days or less to a long term yearly lease after having offset my W2? 

Hey @Greg Teplansky, so I think everyone hit some nails right on the head.Get an attorney and CPA to go over the details. this is a lot of work to do correctly and it will cost you.I don't think you are outta your mind but I think there is little benefit to those that buy in.

And correctly..you cannot co sign as a primary if it's occupied..2+ units can sometimes require larger down payment (as you've found) another option could be to access equity against another property..check in with @Joseph Chiofalo for potential lower down payment options..might be able to get to 15% down..Good luck! 

So I don’t know how you guarantee the ansr you get is currently correct and stays correct until you sell.

If I remember correctly, the redemption rate in CHS county is something like 80-90% and the interest that can be earned is capped.

I have to go back and correct every sentence now before I send.Is this just me.......?

From working at a lending institution in a previous life I learned alot about locating vehicles and determining if the vehicle is the correct vehicle.

This error caused about a 2 to 3 week delay to correct.