It was extremely hard to get information about properties while owners and brokers seemed a lot more careless and missed basic things.  

One other tip is to let your listings expire and re-list that makes them not appear as 'aged and stale' - power users will check history and notice but you may get the attention of some and those that have recently setup alerts.  

That would put you between probably $3500-4500 depending on dp, property taxes etc. 85k salary, let’s say you are taking on home 60k, like even with house hacking, you’d simply at best be extremely house poor, at worst would be challenged to afford the mortgage, the vast majority of people buying homes in our area at this point in the cycle for a variety of reason are dual income households, tbh for a single person making 85k a year, you are just much better off renting or moving to locol area if remote or hybrid.

Meanwhile,  its not unfathomable for the bank who is approving your loans to wonder why this particular borrower feels it's necessary to take such extreme steps to protect themselves...what is it about them or their operation that is leading them to take such extreme measures?

This will be an architecturally interesting building on 2+ acres with power gate at the road and fairly long driveway that sets the house out of sight from the road. 

Never underestimate the power of the platform algorithm.  

Quote from @Greg Powers: A New Hampshire Supreme Court ruling last week prevents municipalities from restricting short-term rentals in the state, so this should be a "safe" place to pursue STRs. 

So it did occur to me that she could be extremely desperate to find him somewhere to live and be ready to lie.

@Matt Owens - I've used the HELOC route to expand my portfolio and it has been extremely effective.

Bridge loans can be extremely useful for situations where you may be purchasing a property that has tenants already in the property who are well under market rents to the point where a DSCR loan wouldn't cash flow.