Housing Strategy Help

[Riley Breck]

I am having a really hard making a decision on which path I want to follow moving forward. Currently I am in the Navy and I will be moving to Key West, Fl fairly soon and will be there for 3 years. Does it make much sense to buy a house (VA Loan 0% Down w/ Approx. $2300/m in Housing Allowance) try and house-hack in that VHCOL area, then try to rent the entire house out while out of the area? Is it unrealistic to expect that to work or should I rethink my plan?