Another alternative is to try furnished corporate rentals where you rent to traveling professionals for 1-3 months.

Alternatively, you can look at "irrevocable trusts", a more costly method. 

This has us worried that we will likely overpay if we choose to invest in a single-family home in the market we have been targeting.Where we stand nowDue to these obstacles, Collin and I have pivoted to two alternates: 1) buy a multifamily property in Brunswick, ME, or 2) house hack in New York City, where we are both starting full-time jobs in finance in July.

Just pretend you are a tenant and do a rent survey and see what their alternatives are.

Bank loan or an alternative loan?

Alternatively, could you find out from a local portfolio lender underwriter how the GP could structure the company so that the LPs wouldn't have to sign?

Are there any alternatives or other routes I can take then not being able to qualify?

Hey all... first-time poster here.My wife and I have been researching investing in our first property and were interested in doing a 203k/BRRRR combo with a SFR or duplex. The plan was to use the loan to buy something...

Some landlords that I spoke with are looking into alternative screening techniques (ex. accepting based on bank account activity history vs credit report) to rent out properties nowadays. 

The alternative would be to extend the contract closing date until the VA has a SWD approved to close (but there is no timeframe for that).