I think everyone's situation is different, and when one crafts their buy box, they need to consider their current family and finances.For me, when I started, I wanted to buy 2-4 unit distressed properties in neighborhoods I wanted to live. 

I’ve been around real estate for decades, and I read in The Economist once that in lively markets like Charlotte, folks will pay a premium for a comfortable room if you’re near major employers.A friend of mine tried something similar out in Austin a while back.. he’d inherited a 4-bedroom property and split it into individual room rentals.

If you use the extra $100k of cash you receive to just...live on, buy a jetski, take a trip to Disney, (any personal use) the interest for that portion of the loan will not be deductible. 

Even if all the numbers pencil out, if no one wants to live there, I'm going to have a hard time making the numbers work, whether I'm selling a flip or renting out a property. 

Park managers and mobile home dealerships in the local area can also provide you with this kind of information.

Quote from @Michael Smythe: Would only recommend on a Class A property in a city with major housing shortage.Then you are likely to get solid white-collar tenants that understand the living arrangement.Otherwise, you'll get transient type tenants that will be nothing but trouble.This was what I was concerned about. 

I'm assuming traveling nurses don't know many people in the area and would know someone to live with. 

We live in central WA less than an hour from tourist towns of Leavenworth and Chelan.I'd like to connect with private money and hard money lenders, and wholesale investors.

Are the kids walking around the living room? 

Like where Eric and I live Oregon has very stringent land use laws..