Due to Congress inability to pass a budget, HUD has been operating under a continuing resolution for over the past seven years.

Sellers wouldn’t even take a FHA buyer seriously because that property has to pass a FHA inspection to get approved.Now that it is more of a buyers market depending on your local market you might be okay with FHA. 

Many people are listing properties at a discount because there is a good chance it will pass.  

I mean c'mon, the state just tried to pass a bill taxing text messages.

There are literally NO units for rent at the rates that they will allow, certainly not units that will pass a Sec 8 inspection. 

If you are looking to acquire you RE Associates degree this would be necessary.My relative eventually attended a local Real Estate school which teaches you how to pass a test and was successful in her 1st attempt.

They need to pass a credit check, income check, evictions check, crime check, and a "vibe/gut" check. 

Updates, while I am still debating whether to submit the offer for the property that is facing the major street, the seller already accepted the offer according to the seller they just listed the property on redfin for one day and get 11 offers and they accept the one in cash exceeded their asking price a lot.I guess the hard pass question is really situational, if the market is hot , demand is huge then there is no hard pass as long as it is fixable .Otherwise, it is personal preferences, some buyers hate the noises but some buyers don't care at all.

Was he too stupid to pass the new written test (a LOT of former lenders, it turns out, were too stupid to pass a test related to lending... please re-read that statement :P )?

Once I started posting in my advertisements that tenants must pass a criminal background screening, the quantity of applicants went down but the quality went up.