Cashflow may not be immediate but if you run your #s, you'll be able to see how long it'll take to cashflow and what kind of equity you can expect to build within your first few years of house-hacking.I began househacking in 2010 while working an NYC job (Health + Hospitals Corp., formerly HHC) earning a base salary and overtime pay that are nearly identical to what you posted here.

Investigate "transactional funding" and "joint ventures".    

It has caused problems not just with housing, but health care.

If you don't have the additional mental bandwidth, can't deal with stress in healthful way or do not have much time to commit atleast 14 months of focus then do not build.

Its a tough subject because logically, they are joint and several guarantys so rationally a 100% guaranty from each of two people (one 740 one 680 for example) is ALWAYS going to be better than just one 100% guaranty from someone at 740 (so it wouldn't make sense to have a better rate for the latter)The problem is that there is fraud and "straw borrowers" out there where someone who is not involved in the property signs on to boost score and terms - so many DSCR Lenders in response either do the "non-rational" thing and price to the lower to avoid the fraud or use the higher of the two (and either be a little loose with things or just stay vigilant on any funny business)

We not only lost our hard-earned money but on top of everything, our health suffered, I had several sleepless nights due to the stress and anxiety that this horrible experience created for my wife and me.After the buy-back was completed, I approached Maverick to at least help us with our losses by requesting us to give back ~$6000.

I couldn't not understand why this great nation didn't have health care.  

I'm ASSUMING (a bad idea, I know) that they were a married couple and had joint ownership. 

The challenge for many of us seeking to replace our W2 income is coming into it with a serious financial deficit: bad or no credit, little or no savings (left after the crash, unemployment, divorce, health issues, etc. or any combination there of), sparse personal network, ...

Don't forget to add fringe benefits such as health insurance and also payroll taxes, etc.