A good professional company will try to give all of their customers the best service they can despite their size. 

Take the employment issue.

We won’t show a house to a SEC 8 tenant who doesn’t have their paperwork yet for the exact reasons you stated. 1) Timing.  2) We need to confirm they have the right bedroom size and income to ensure they will qualify for our rent amount.  

Kitchen was doubled in size, full paint inside and out, re-glazed bathrooms and new flooring throughout.

Asset size?

Even though your mortgage payment is higher on this home, the location and size seem like it would be a great AirBnB which would get you the cash flow you need to support the mortgage.Just some thoughts!

Things like area, size, etc. that will make the perfect future rental property.

I'm in the process of getting three smaller properties listed to do a 1031 exchange to a mid-sized apartment complex.

Maybe a part time job for a broker or contractor (with parents approval of course) Go check out Open Houses, look at types of finishes, home size, neighborhoods, lot sizes.

There is lack of income.If you're employed and have a $100k salary, you report $100k income and pay taxes on $100k.If you're fired mid-year, you only received $50k, so you only report $50k income.