I tried to persuade him that dealing with this was going to difficult for him since he was thousands of miles away and not a US citizen.

You'll find tons of seller financed transactions in small commercial, mom and pop sell the Dairy Queen because financing is too difficult for buyers to obtain.

THAT is a big deal and if you go past that mark financing will get very difficult for anyone buying into the place and for any current owners that try to refinance.  

Apparently it's difficult to get a reverse mortgage because it's manufactured.

If it was due to credit, there are requirements for informing the applicant.If you try to select the best from a group of candidates, then your notification will be a little more difficult.

I see that you've already hit the hurdle of finding it difficult to make the REI meets.  

The most difficult suit was against my IRA.

I'm sure things are much more difficult as far as evictions go in Los Angeles vs my town. 

What are your thoughts on this: New rules for No-Down and Low-ratio Canadian Mortgages https://www.butlermortgage.ca/uncategorized/new-rules-for-no-down-and-low-ratio-canadian-mortgages/ I think its gonna be difficult to get mortgages for people now.

Just make sure you give 30 days notice to the landlord.If your goal is to house hack, it may be difficult to find a duplex using drive for dollars and yellow letters unless you find something owned by a tired landlord, and most of those guys know what their stuff is worth.I closed on a duplex in Portland last week.