I agree with Scott assuming it’s a traditional purchase where the goal is long term ownership and the knowledge base isn’t creative financing. 

2) Any advice on good title companies that can help us navigate this unique, creative deal for a house swap?

Dear all,I'd like to share a creative finance strategy that I have used to scale to $10.5M of client capital under management and $21M of assets on the books.

Hello everyone,I'm Kody, a passionate real estate investor with a focus on rental properties and fix and flip projects.One of my core focuses is on creative finance.

@Dan DeGroffTo achieve a house-hacking dream in Washington, consider lender flexibility, documenting intent and income stability, applying for an investment property loan, partnering with a Washington State resident, exploring creative financing options, and considering FHA or VA loans.

That is the FREE Creative RE group.

It takes more work (and creative thinking) to make deals work in the current market.  

So not asking if this is a good or bad idea, because we aren’t planning on doing it  Rather - what are creative solutions to do the equivalent of transferring the property without doing a direct property purchase, assuming all parties are on board including the lender?  

Or any other creative ways of making money (if I can't take a commission). 

I don't know if you're trying to do this all with the same lender, but if you're taking up a majority of the office buildings, SBA could be an option which would allow you potentially less down and you can get away with some seller carry (not all lenders allow and/or structure this but some do)...and/or you could potentially wrap in more collateral (like that other property) which some will do (Again not all SBA lenders are the same; some get way more creative than others).