No telling what a desperate, bankrupt government will do.  

Since downtown development land goes for $30 million/acre, $100k imposed by the progressive city government for a 40 story building permit is a minor annoyance.

Whether we agree with these items or not, the following are inflationary government policies: stimulus, student debt relief, tariffs, increased child tax credits, limited immigration, and big government deficit spending.

Sounds like the government the current programs aren't working so lets open up new programs under new names and forget about those other ones.

The challenge is that non-government jobs are often short-lived.

These loans do come from banks directly (Fannie/Freddie loans come from the Federal Government) so each bank that offers these types of mortgages might have slightly different requirements. 

The labor is cheap but is usually terrible quality.You have very little insight into the governments plans for development and i have seen that have amazing impact on some areas and terrible impact on others.If you are going through with the purchase i wish you good luck and urge you to consider traffic patterns.

When valuing the property, focus on its net operating income (NOI) and use a cap rate that reflects Section 8’s stable, government-backed rents.

Maybe they've been burned by landlords in the past and are being very careful.You can legally reject them based on personality, facial tattoos, body odor, or other factors, but you better make sure you can prove that it wasn't based on any protected class like race, religion, familial status, etc.

Beside the government regulation and insurance shutting down certain markets, STR industry will continuously grow.