We have been traveling a lot and have run across several approaches.  

Also, the water could have entered from other areas and traveled along a beam and exited the kitchen ceiling.

Older homes can be great and sometimes their foundations and their exterior building structures are a lot sturdier and of higher quality than newer builds.

You even graduated from IU so you have access to some awesome loan programs from IUCreditUnion.Keep your job and connections to buy a house, then rent out rooms to traveling nurses. 

If it's nice inside and out, or can become nice, it could appeal to travel nurses as well.

We target insurance and corporate bookings as well as travel medical professional agencies. 

-i highly recommend you travel in person to your chosen market to build a team. 

You'll typically find that travel nurses want a 13 week term as that is the most common length of their contracts.

Most of our MTR properties are located in Indianapolis, and the majority of our tenants are traveling healthcare professionals.

The first thing I'd recommend is focus on a market where you either 1) currently or have previously lived, 2) have family/friends that live there, or 3) travel to/vacation there frequently.