Why would anyone want a traditional mortgage or DSCR with the rates where they are?

If you're planning on using traditional financing, your DTI will come into play.

I’m looking to buy a property in a ski town and it is considered a CondoTel and thus does not qualify for traditional financing.  

It's highly unlikely, if not impossible, to find a traditional lending source to fund the purchase of tax deed property. 

Others use more traditional approaches.When a JV Agreement gets under strain by partners disagreeing on an issue, someone needs to be able to break the stalemate to preserve the investment.

As an independent contractor years back I was able to exceed traditional 401k limits w/super/megaroth.

For the most part, I have been steered towards private or hard money loans rather than traditional lenders.

So many "traditional" agents need to at least be educated on this topic and not keep saying "it's illegal" because they don't understand and haven't tried to...

I have plans of refinancing the hard money loan with a traditional 30 year loan in May'24.

Verify the actual income matches the seller's claims2.Consider hiring a professional appraiser experienced in valuing self-storage properties, especially if traditional bank financing will be used.