Pre-covid, one could find and acquire adequate traditional cash flow deals, but unfortunately, that is no longer the case. 

There is also a new casino coming to the city less than 2 years  from now that will bring 1000 permanent jobs. 

I note similar town-homes with traditional tenants rent for $1,200 in the area.The Third property is next-door to the first, and the details are the same.

Is there anything that would make it difficult for us to get a traditional loan after?

However, looks like you're missing the part where the homeowner (seller) gets a piece of that option fee, and what you're talking about is a variation from a traditional lease option, so you'll need to do things a little bit different to account for those variations.Look at it this way - if I'm going to offer you (tenant / Leasee) a 2 yr lease option at 200k:Leasee is going to make a down payment of $20k  (this can be whatever you negotiate).Principal is now $180kMonthly rent payments of $1,300 for 2 years.  

Bridge lenders offer a non-traditional form of financing often referred to as ‘bridge loans’ or ‘hard money’ loans.

Within that year you could refinance to a traditional mortgage and then move out.

Or perhaps I can talk to other lender (like B2R) who more focus on the bankability of the apartment instead of focusing much on my personal DTI as most traditional banks do.

My original plan was to do it through traditional wholesaling.

While I agree with many others on this thread that you cannot ignore traditional means of getting business, I think social media ads are a great (and cheap) way to supplement your business.So, to answer your original question, I'll post to social media less and focus my time on the ads I want to run to generate leads.