I've seen "great" tenants (e.i. those who pay and don't demolish the place) in literally any part of town. 

If you otherwise have good credit, and your DTI is the only issue, I'd personally if in your situation, go with knocking off the debt, and buying a property, especially if its a duplex or 4 plex and you're going to house hack it, because then you are literally making money off it so its a good deal all around. 

@Adriana Vergara invest all day , I was in similar situation and I invested and slowly chiseled at the debt until my real estate investing start turning and I paid it off.So my strategy was more of a faith move and planning and not really much calculation like literally 90/10Hope this helps

I literally just got another under contract tonight in Solterra.

You might be able to figure it out and sort the problem out quickly, or you could literally end up losing in court and owing the non-paying tenants money, with them still in your new property. 

Some of the sellers in the high prices markets are literally HITTING THE LOTTO and the buyers don't care.

@JD Martin lol you literally replied to me within a minute!

They literally say: I've been doing it for decades, and I never had a problem. 

What you bring: open to considering literally any offer or help.Thanks in advance!

I literally have people calling me every week asking if I have a vacancy.