Even if I have a cosigner with excellent credit, will I still have great difficultly in getting preapproved due to my short credit history and age? 

They have proven to be a difficult tenant.I would talk to an eviction attorney regarding this.   

It's difficult for you to see as a family member sometime. 

You are mixing personal and business in this transaction so that is more difficult. 

With rent control and various other layers of law now in place, it has made this strategy more difficult, although not impossible. 

When I spoke with my "go to" broker, he warned my that it may be difficult to find a lender for an investment property because of the new FHFA guidelines.He did find a lender, but the interest rate on the 30 year note is 4% with nearly $1,000 in additional closing fees compared to what I usually pay. 

Here in Travis county, you would have a very difficult time building tiny home or RV parks. 

They haven't claimed any hadrdship due to covid although I know that wouldn't be difficult for them to claim.

While there are of course some benefits to a condo, the associations are able to raise your HOA fees any time they have a "need", may have to levy large "special assessments" in the event of large expenditures, and can even make sure that only a certain % of units in the community are not occupied by actual owners thereby making rentals difficult.

Going to be difficult to find a deal with numbers that work off the MLS.