My plan was to focus on learning and creating a business plan with the goal of making my first investment purchase in 8-12 months; however chances are high that I’ll be moving to New Orleans next month for a job opportunity and I was hoping that the BP community could offer some advice on my options.My move to New Orleans will most likely be temporary (~2 years) before moving back to the NC/SC area (Greenville, SC most likely).My company offers a fairly generous relocation package in which closing costs of a new home would be paid for by the company, but I would need to make a purchase relatively quickly.After selling my house in NC, I’ll have around 100k that I could invest with an annual salary around 95k.House hacking sounds like a potential option; however, my new job will involve a lot of short-notice travel which would make it difficult to do much property management myself.I’m leaning towards purchasing a small/relatively cheap single family home in an area that is hopefully favorable to appreciation (any location suggestions?)

Your intentions and long-term goals are much more important than the convenience, the "act now", the whatever urgent driving factor. 

I am leaning towards Mountain America CU, though. 

If it’s mostly living room/bedrooms, there’s usually not much mechanicals that will need to be accessed, so I’d lean towards drywall.

I have experience as an airbnb host for just one room in my townhouse, but not as an entire unit.Im leaning towards airbnb - Im interested to hear what you guys would do?

@Jazmine Bryant Typically for convenience it would be good to pick on that has a Tucson presence and office.

I'm assuming the major pro is the convenience of just dealing with one entity, and the major con is the price of that convenience.

Im leaning towards conventional and do 20% down to avoid pmi.

It is still up in the air which route we will take but are leaning towards the fourplex. 

If it's leaning a lot though I would pass unless you have a big rehab budget.