I actually own a used furniture, antique, and appliance store here and that's how I got started, yard sales etc.

BP,I was perusing antique furniture on ebay and noticed they have a real estate section.

Did you supply any furnishings in the tiny house for the renter, or did they provide everything beyond the built-in furniture?

Ancillary businesses that are not solid will suffer - movers, furniture sellers, refinance lenders, etc - but beyond that there's simply no logical reason outside of some apocalyptic event for housing prices to drop.

I had a previous tenant with a dog destroy everything in the home and I had to replace all the furniture, queen sleeper, mattress, bedding, linens, area rugs, flooring, so I am really leery about renting to people with pets now.

As you say, the VA is the main employer, as the furniture factories shut down years ago.

I am no expert here, but I am an American living internationally full time, going on my third year.My assumption would be that if you kept one unit open with your furniture in there and legitimately treated it as your primary U.S. residence, you could use that to get an owner-occupied rate.

You’ll probably also have to buy some furniture, linens, pots and pans, decor, etc.

I dress in business suits, rubbing elbows with the best of them, talking all educated, but I also like to ride motorcycles, dress in my leather, with wind in my hair.

This is a joke.All year long I have seen homes emptied of furniture.