On the showing, they brought me the IDs, their house selling contract, the husband's senior management job contract and their marriage license, saying that's because they have different last names. 

Either get a marriage license or buy it yourself. 

In commercial it’s almost like a marriage with your lender.

We have a class we are starting that our marriage counselor is paying for as our wedding gift so that’s saving around $1,300 right there!

I've got posts of my STR experiences with rattlesnakes, prostitutes, intruders, more intruders, police, psychotic mutts, one tenant having an affair with another tenants wife, dead bodies, ghosts, wild animals, pellet guns, real guns, check cashing, marriage counseling, trips to the emergency room, drug overdoses, flat tires, kegorators, etc.

I'm not going to touch on the GF/Marriage topic but I for the house hack I would recommend you purchase a 2 unit property even if it needed some updating then you can do both a house hack as somewhat of a flip, move into one unit renovate it and then rent it out then move to the second unit to renovate it and continue living there or sell it down the road or rent it out as well once you have met your occupancy requirements for the fha loan.Best of luck

(Neither are NY, marriage and BiggerPockets) 

I was supposed to go to a marriage in Sorrento this summer but plans changed due to COVID.I haven't seen any changes in Inventory so far.

So if they have officially ended their common law marriage and he is still reporting the property on the same tax return then depending on what the dissolution decree stipulated he may be able to 1031 the entire thing.If they're on the deed as tenants in common then he can do a 1031 on his portion and she could just take cash for her portion. 

Moving with his girlfriend of one year that happens to be 20 years younger than him with her two year old child from a previous marriage.