even with rents at $1600-1700, you'd be negative every month - add up all the expenses and you'll see. 

Don't be discouraged if you see and meet negativity.

You can do a DSCR with less then 12 months seasoning but you have seen the negatives with those loans which include higher costs/rates and pre-payment penalties. 

If not, we dont really need to get into petty trivial debates or negativity and are not influenced by that. 

There are also "negative" DSCR programs out there that allows you to go even below 1.0 DSCR.

House hack it and ride the appreciation train while negative cash flowing and you paying part of living there. 2.

Historically, real estate appreciates 3% - 4% annually.It may be possible, that an area like Austin will appreciate more.Austin, TX, from my understanding had many years of crazy appreciation and recent years of negative appreciation.There are also a lot of reports that Austin, TX has a lot of new rental supply that came and is coming into the market.What is your required return from an investment?

After assuming average repairs and maintenance, you’re AT BEST negative cash flow of $600 per month.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560, little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

@Sean O'Keefe gave you the correct technical answer.That said, I will question the whole concept of buying a vehicle "to manage your rental property."