The other option would be to purchase the property strictly as a rental unit; nowadays, lenders are willing to go with 15% down; no income verification, and perhaps the rate be favorable in the high 7% to low 8% interest rate.

My sweet spot (not so sweet nowadays) is $20K -$40K per private investor.

It's very difficult nowadays and so I'm focusing more on my other business now (land brokering in California). 

Nowadays electronic documentation is the norm3rd comment - still sounds winnable, but might have required going one level up, to Appeals. 

However, nowadays most all neighborhoods are bad, crime-ridden areas.

Home-run house hacks where you can stay cash flow positive while occupying is rather rare nowadays.

Nowadays I rarely buy stuff from the MLS because they just look so "retail" to me :) unless they are in a killer location and I don't mind paying premium for. 

Most people in the Poconos are struggling to rent nowadays unless they're one of the best. 

People nowadays forget the power of a paper trail....a real paper trail, not apps/emails/texts and all that crap> If you ever end up in court (small claims etc) a Judge will love a real paper trail, they don't want to be waiting while you try and find something on your phone, y'know?

Is it possible nowadays?