A demanding career and graduate school had me stretched pretty thin over the past couple of years, and made it hard for me to delve in like I'd like. 

So that was about 8 vacancies in about a 25 house stretch.

They have apparently made a decision there is a risk of them being viewed as a fiduciary to the IRA - which is a real stretch. 

If your lease doesn't prohibit smoking, wear and tear is a stretch.

If you get a 3 or 4-plex, the rents will pay a good chunk of your mortgage payment and at a stretch might pay it all. 

Obviously run the numbers on the whole package and each individually, but sliding the purchase prices around on a few to play with LTV on financed properties would let you stretch your capital and pre-approved amount further.

When I asked her about it, she said, “if it isn’t a good fit, why stretch it out?

If they claim they can't afford it, you may consider letting them make payments over a 90-day period but I wouldn't stretch it beyond that. 

I have heard of the 1% rule and I would be stretching to far to get to that number in this neighborhood.

I have the credit, but coming up with the down will be a stretch.