In conversations with a mortgage company, I was advised that the best way to do this would be to receive the money as a gift from my partner and refinance the mortgage conventionally in my name, thus allowing us to benefit from the conventional mortgage rates, then create an LLC for our partnership and transfer the title into the name of the business, open a business bank account and run all expenses/profits through that LLC. 

House hacking is definitely the easiest way to afford your first home while lessening the financial burden and setting yourself up for success in the future.

House hacking is definitely the easiest way to afford your first home while lessening the financial burden and setting yourself up for success in the future.

You could offer her gift funds to close or you could deposit the cash into her savings 3-4 months prior to the purchase. 

You could just evict her for having someone living there that is not on the lease,  Easiest way to do it.You may want to check and see if someone did die in the house if its in CA as that must be declared for 3 years as a material fact about the house. 

Winning bids are giving away inspection clauses, going well over ask and covering gaps if the appraisal is low.This is all to say that sellers have a lot of power to select an offer they think is the highest and the easiest.

In the future, the easiest way to reduce your taxes is to create an S-Corp and run your business thought it.

Those are usually the easiest Homs to sell.

Yep, best to start with the easiest, cheapest solution first!

This is the easiest way to get started with real estate investing.