But it is all a good exercise for you.  

I work in the medical field, which I love, but also looking to have a create a little more financial freedom for myself… hopefully through real estate, which is something I really enjoy in and of itself.I made my first investment purchase last year after doing (a little, probably not enough) research and things have been going very well.  

Yes, this applies to the medical field.

If you are into any sports or exercise, see if you can get a similar benefit.  

I remember when I was younger, I had the chance to look at an exercise guide that showed pictures of all the muscles each exercise hit.

However, you can have the tenant buyer pay a down payment, and then it is treated just like a rental after that and the renter has the option to buy based on the agreed upon contract price within the agreed upon time they have to exercise their option to buy.  

You could investigate as has been suggested, maybe even view their current house, but there are tenants out there that don't need a Sherlock Holmes exercise to straighten out their stories.

I like to market for the buyers at hospitals and medical people because they have strong income but they usually have too much debt in student loans.Also think of a meetup group; go to meetup.com and start a group of people regarding homeownership and rent to own, have a licensed mortgage loan originator talk to the group, especially people that of been turned down for mortgage.

However, all the negative items were medical collections.

Hello Everyone, I own a house that I will no longer be living in due to medical issues and I want to rent it out.