You can also look into getting a co-borrower to apply for the loan with you, but you'll want to make sure you guys have an agreement on what that looks like for each of you. 

Partner could be a co signor or be on the deed 50/50 with you.

I have not found that college students do any more damage than anyone else, and yes, if you can always get a co-signer.

I have my co-signers sign the lease as a co-signer non resident of the property and detail what that means in the agreement.  

I am a Co-Host across the Southeast and would love to talk with you further.

You're going to want to make sure that is an expense for the seller who hired that PM (and it should be a drop in the bucket to them with the cash they're making on the sale if they didn't buy recently), not a liability of yours.This is also a good lesson on why, when you do take over the place, you either self manage, look for a manager that is willing to do a co-hosting setup where you still own the bookings, or if you do decide to go the more traditional PM route, examine the part of the contract that covers these things when choosing the manager rather than focusing on just commission and skimming over the rest. 

@Sarah BuchananTax returns, a co-signer, bank statements (with good balances 3x-6x+ rent), and/or request a larger security deposit.

-KLC Property Management-Renters Warehouse-Property Management Inc (PMI), Central IowaI also am a co-owner of a short-term property management company called Des Moines Short Term Rentals.

We run a co-living and working space operation called Neighbourgood and we are looking to get our capital planning/debt structuring aligned prior to entering the market.  

In other words, a co-host does not require a brokerage license as long as the owner and co-host follow to the letter the AirBNB How-to guide: What Co-Hosts can do.