I'd recommend house-hacking a duplex or triplex if possible to help limit your living expenses.

FHA loans require living in the home as your primary residence for 1 year after purchase.

Purchase price: $120,000 Cash invested: $370,000Completed a co-living new construction project in St.

We live, office, and Property Manage in Queen Creek and love it!

@Jarrod OchsenbeinIt's great to hear that you are succeeding with the co-living model.

So - somewhere 2 hours away, or somewhere you like to vacation in, or where all your family lives, or where you plan to move someday.Too many people are trying to do exactly what you're doing - pick a market based on a formula - and they end up buying a random 'cheap' property thousands of miles away, turn it over to people they've never met or even spoken to, and then... lose money.  

I actually live Pinellas County.  

That way, her limited funds can go toward her own living expenses. 

I don't know your living situation but if your paying x,xxx for rent or a mortgage and instead by living in one side and renting out the other you will be paying y,yyy instead and y is less then x that's great, especially if you can rent out your primary residence and make income there too. 

Also looking forward to meeting any local wholesalers or people living out the house hacking dream.Thank you to @Scott Trench for leaving a great how-to on introductions!