Different banks equals different loan officers means different thing can be done.

To make matters more confusing, my county's assessors office, Cook County, stated that the building was a 4 unit.

I live in a tri-level home with the modem on the bottom floor and my wife's office is in the far corner on the main floor and my office is on the top floor on the opposite side of the house from my wife's office.

We also have team meetings every Monday Morning at our downtown office.

You could also try title companies, trying to be on an escrow officers team.

What else can I do besides contact tax assessors office for more information?

The local loan officers that I am working with are saying that they do not close loans in an LLC name, and they can switch the title in the name of the LLC after we close.

This is the perfect spot to have some land have the suburban life but live only 15 minutes from your high rise office and all of downtown amenities.

It does cash flow better then a SFH, you are correct.In my case:- it had to be re-zoned as MF with the city- an additional post office address had to setup (1A, 2B)- natural gas line was split and 2nd meter was added- 2nd electrical meter was added outside- 2nd electrical circuit breaker panel was added in the basement next to the other panel, and all the wiring for upstairs unit was moved into it- city does not allow for a split up of incoming water to add 2nd meter so both units have to share it.

Not sure if in Cali if you need to maintain office space, which is my main reason for not being a broker even though I have a brokers license.