Suburb feel but within walking proximity to a grocery / town area.I know this is a tall wish list and I don't delude myself into thinking that I can live rent free especially in this competitive market.

Once closed, you can live/rent as you wish.

I am a Chicago transplant living in Orange, California.

However, rather than do that, you chose to stay there with your wife and live rent free.

Sometimes patients require long term treatment, bone marrow transplants etc, that take daily treatments for several months.

You will live rent free and make money on it.

I would BRRRR a multi-family and use the other rents to hopefully live rent free, or at least at a discount.

I foresee FL, TX and TN growing exponentially , like you mentioned a lot of company will be thinking uhm capex savings and simultaneously a lot of employees mostly transplants may equally think - lets put money in our pocket.

I think it is a great way to reduce one of your largest monthly expenses, rent if not live rent free.You may be eligible for tax deductions that you were not entitled to before. 

There have been a lot of people moving here and I think she is only starting to come to terms with the fact that a lot of people here are transplants (including yours truly).