If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

The VA or FHA servicer qualifies you based on standard debt-to-income ratios, and self-employment is handled through tax return documentation, not a bank statement premium.

The tenant can 'deny access' all they want, but a competent PM knows how to post a 24-hour notice of entry for repairs and get a locksmith if needed (or at least document the refusal for the court).

To do so, they defer maintenance items, even though by law, and based on the Governing Documents of most projects, the Board's Number One Job is to maintain, protect, and preserve ALL common elements of the project.

Are you documenting dates/times this started?

In some cases, it can be shorter with documented extenuating circumstances, but two years is the typical benchmark.

@Tab Teehee that is called paper lots, where you obtain entitlements , i.e. zoning, subdivision plat, construction documents. 

Without seeing the actual documents that the OP was able to review, it may have been either poor reporting by their sources, or a lax screening criteria.

Document your casual contractor convos with follow-up texts.

House hacking a 2–4 unit with an FHA loan can be a strong strategy but lenders will require documented income, stable employment and debt-to-income qualification, not just a 700 score.I would focus on building capital, establishing legal residency, creating stable income in that country and learning one specific market deeply.