Those ads are wish lists, not hard and fast requirements. We all want the ideal tenant. You may find that individual owners of multi-family properties are more flexible than an employee who works for a large management company. I look favorably on a prospective tenant who will sign a two year lease and they pay less. Short term rentals are expensive to the landlord in terms of vacancy, fix-up advertising, showing, etc. Most prospective renters seem to work on the assumption that this is the asking price, and that's it. Most landlords will negotiate to get a top tenant. You just have to show where you're the best: Excellent credit, good references from previous landlord, previous tax returns. Sounds like you've got a lot to brag about.
Part brag, part suggestion: Another option: buy your own multi-family and live in it. Being a landlord isn't for everybody, but it can make housing very affordable. A year ago, my son, a recent college graduate, with big college loans, was living at home and working in his chosen career for a little above minimum wage while he looked for a "real" job. So, no long term job history, other debt, no landlord references. A couple of months after he started his "real" job, he bought a three family house, lives in one unit and rents the other two, so he lives close to rent free. (BTW, we gave him advice, not money, to buy the property. He saved EVERY nickel while he was living at home.)
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