VA loan- Renting Out Before Year Occupancy

[Danielle Sprunger]

My husband and I bought a townhome before living at our new duty station. We are an hour away from his work but the commute is much longer with traffic, an hour and 45 minutes most days. We bought with a VA loan and have lived here two months but he leaves so early and gets home so late. We want to move on base and rent just to eliminate the commute. Is there a way to bypass the 12 month occupancy rule and rent out our home sooner? We just didn't realize how much traffic there was. We would make a very marginal profit, like $50, a month maybe by renting but we don't even care. We just want someone else's to pay the mortgage so we can not have a commute and can get to the point where we can sell and break even one make a small profit if we are lucky. Any information is helpful!