I also suspect inflation will drive continued migration to lower cost of living / lower tax states.  

It is live and able to be edited or changed anytime.

Loss of use is foryour additional expenses if you can not live there due to a covered claim (ie.

I'm looking to make this part of the retirement stream of income rather than an effort to accumulate multiple properties.

Does USAA know that you are living in it?

You need a place to live.

The FHA rules/regs (in particular the FHA self-sufficiency test) are applied the same across all markets, and I know for a fact that in rural communities across the country, and big cities that are not particularly desirable places to live, it's not a deal-breaker, I am not commenting on those areas. 

I'm familiar with the Greenville area, having lived in North Carolina for a few years.

That Profit number needs to be above our minimum threshold (which is large enough to handle any rehab oh $hits).I live in Phoenix but invest out of state.

If you go into Central or South Scottsdale (Old Town) $1M will buy you a smaller, older home, OR half of a big, remodeled home (as alot of the Arcadia and Old Town area are turning over old small homes to be big beautiful homes in the $2.5M range and higher).There are options.....for both buying and renting, that would work with your situation.By the way....it's 51 degrees in North Scottsdale right now where I live.