Architecture is everywhere among us--if it ugly, or if it has been build with only the function in mind, then what impact does that have on us?

From your post it looks like you didn't have a property  inspection by an independent third party and are going by what they have told you it needs to be a functional rental.7.

The appraiser determined the property had functional obsolesce, making it something that not many lenders would want to finance.

Use the lookup function on my name.

For instance, I'd buy any functional house for the price of infinity, if I could only pay $100/mo for perpetuity. 

The search function leaves much to be desired, but you'll do best searching "FlipSystems" as one word:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/79/topics/1182640-lesso...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/1204806-seeki...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1098187-flips...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/79/topics/1188268-flips...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/1181695-is-fl...I admittedly have not read every reply, but it seems like a sea of red with "Amy B." being the only positive sounding reply on this thread: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/1174732-calli...Is that the person you spoke to as a reference that's his girlfriend?

@Dave E.Yeah, I'm not so sure about the loan officer, whose function is really to be a salesperson, really being able to give you an answer. 

It also a property management piece built in with lease management functionality and maintenance requests. 

Benefit from Continued Appreciation: Real estate in Austin and San Antonio has shown robust appreciation over the years.

Hard for people to find using just the lookup function.