So, I´ve been exploring different niches for my initial investment in Real Estate and one of them is Residential Assisted Living (RAL).

My fiance landed a job at a real estate broker in town as an office assistant to learn the ebb and flow of the industry. 

A lot of people are loosing there jobs due to the strip closing down and a lot of the major hotels and casinos and other local non essential business.

You will likely only need one lender to assist you and they don’t need to be with your current financial institutions.

@Bill Brandt  in the FWIW file i had a flip on the East side of the strip  starter type area.first time buyer  FHA  got laid off from Casino..

Or hoping the Fed working its magic does not accidentally cut its lovely assistant in half. quadrillion is after trillion. 

Another market to plug into are traveling healthcare workers (nurses, physical therapists, physicians assistants, etc) www.furnishedfinder.com - they rent shorter term than a long term tenants but longer than VRBO & Airbnb. 

I know it's a slightly higher rate for the down payment assistance, but now I wonder whether the forgivable version is an even higher rate.

The SBA has drastically reduced their requirements for acquiring a small business disaster relief loan.https://www.sba.gov/disaster-assistance/coronavirus-covid-19I know there are a lot of locals here on the Austin forum that make their living in the industry. 

Wouldn't it be much easier for the government to assist with rent payments to tenants that might have been financially affected by covid?