If you're fortunate to have this option, I would speak to as many lenders as possible to determine the best financing avenue for you and your potential co-signer.

Fortunately, we were able to negotiate a contract extension (on the day it expired), find another lender with the help of some people on this site, and close 3 days later. 

Fortunately the windows are "newer" but will double check to ensure the seals are what I need them to be.I hadn't considered the dual flush toilets.

In Nashville, fortunately for renters, they're throwing up multi-families like crazy.

Fortunately my purchase price was low enough and the the value of the property was high enough I still made a profit when I sold.

Fortunately I had enough for the down payment!

Fortunately, we all have Real Estate to provide us with a copy/paste method of building wealth   

Strategically rolling into larger multi family is how MANY investors build their real estate fortunes.

Out of state investing in Indy is my wheelhouse - let me know if I can be of any help providing referrals, market information, or otherwise.Indy is very much street-by-street but fortunately this city is great for all types of strategies but it does take a bit to crunch the numbers and to also take into consideration what appreciation is happening around a certain property.Best of luck to you!!

One of the tenants I inherited cost me a fortune to evict, so I have an understanding of the headache it becomes.