The agent you spoke to is probably referring to the crazy boom of the covid years where buyer's literally had zero negotiating power. 

You don't know how many times I coul get conventional loan in this way.In my case, my actual DTI is very low, but the way the gov calculated the income is so 1990-style that it doesn't reflect our true buying power.

NOTE: Did not factor rental appreciation, property appreciation, inflation, etc. so don't beat me up on the numbers BP :) This is just to show the power of building HH stack and leveraging dept.

Surrounded by deals, build up your arsenal so you not only have the knowledge to take action, but the resources both from a capital and a human power standpoint to capitalize on the situation.

Borrowing the down payment from other people can be a powerful accelerating strategy.

They have a powerful incentive - $50-$100K per year in fees on a 1-2% AUM fee is enough to make them really pressure you into making a decision immediately in working with them. 

Here is a valuable bit of information for the forum about power of attorney in another country - If you are executing a power of attorney in a foreign country, it must comply with that country's laws regarding power of attorney.

House hacking is incredibly powerful because (A) lower down payment options and (B) you're repurposing your own housing payment.Here are a couple good threads on this topic.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1171104-the-m...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...

I think the lender docs  Mortgage/ notes AITD etc give all the power they need to rectify the situation  Of course if that happens the original seller is fubared.

There's a fundamental impersonal resentment in every society about giving richer and more powerful people more money out of the pockets of poorer and weaker people.