It will never be approved for financing until it is fixed or financed under one of those programs that includes fix up expense.

We have 150 lenders and pretty much any program you can think of.

I have a zero down program currently. 

over the past 7 years I’ve had dealt with countless of bad contractors, several incidents with occupants of the neighborhood that the property is in ( once I walked in on squatters and got into a physical confrontation) , and of course the relentless pursuit of hungry investors calling me and any family member that tracing programs associates with me about wanting to buy my property all while dealing with a career/industry change and finishing college during a pandemic 😮‍💨.so here I am recent graduate ready to finally devote the majority of my focus to getting over my newbie investor hill.

Are there other programs he can apply for no down payment?

From their you can figure out what other programs (CALVET, FHA, etc..) you can use in conjunction.

Bnb boss has $7 courses & VRM has a coaching program.

VA construction aka One Time Close is a great program to buy and build on a home.Keep in mind that some of the construction costs would need to be paid prior to closing.

So if there are mentorship programs hope they are teaching how to calculate failure and also how to mitigate failure.  

The municipalities here began a new program in November 2020 to eminent domain blighted/abandoned properties and sell them.