Just got denied my first loan

[Ezra Shami]

Hi all, so I recently applied to get pre approved and didn't qualify due to my rent being high (thanks to new york prices) and my car lease being crazy high (thanks Supply shortages). I'm pretty upset bec I wanted a really small loan (abt 100k)and really thought I'd qualify. The worse part is, a house i was looking into where the numbers looked very good just went into contract. Any suggestions on how to get funding besides using a partner. Or how can i lower my dti ratio?