It also allows you to walk away if there's collateral damage but I would say put skin in the game for more leverage by building a 800 FICO with the willingness to cosign along with $0 personal debt instead.

Therefore the first QUALIFIED person is who gets the home.

If you are installing on a concrete slab that is level and in good shape less than if you have an old uneven subfloor and have to lay concrete board down first.

I'm not sure the area my property is in would qualify for anything of the things you mentioned.

@Mikky Chanthavong - it depends, apartments with 4 units or less is residential and loans are made to a person using your income and the rents to qualify. 

They can use 25% of the rents to help you qualify, the rest will depend on your DTI ratiosYou can't just use equity in another property for the down payment, you can pull equity out via a loan or line of credit but just because you have value in that property doesn't mean you can use it to buy another 

One thing I was told was a cutting board would be nice. 

Check out this link as its straight from the austin board of realtors and is a much more accurate account of the metro area. 

. - doesn’t require a level floor so no bouncy boards or squeaky flooring joints. - so easy to clean as there are no seams for gunk or smells to work into.

Yes it's usually geared more towards the cash buyer who is acquiring distressed properties.Sometimes these properties do not qualify for conventional loans due to their condition.However it would work the same way with a financed property assuming the numbers checked out.