I kind of anticipated that selling might be my best bet but was hoping otherwise.

My prediction is the market will change/adjust sometime in the next decade.

However these are all local requirements so your best bet is check with city planning where you are. 

With that being said, due to local law changes and my investing goals, we have adjusted our investment strategy. 

I would bet that you could compare their basic property data in every area in the county and the only differences you would find would would be due to data entry errors (and possible a technical error here and there).

I realized in order to make house hacking a possibility this would be my best bet to make the numbers work.

I realized in order to make house hacking a possibility this would be my best bet to make the numbers work.Buying a property from a wholesaler, rehabbing the property, and rent out some of the rooms.

The downside is in most cases the interest rate can adjust from day to day. 

The IRS is going to adjust your cost basis at the time of sale whether you claim the depreciation now or not.

Like I said single family is probably your best bet in your area.