Johnny pays cheap rent to the owner, which is contributing to the  down payment of the purchase price.The house Johnny lives in  also has a lien on it, because the seller's mother left behind a sizeable nursing home debt. 

I plan on being out of Dallas within 6 months, so I could also rent out my side for $1200-$1250 a month which would be a cash flow of just $340-$390 a month.My ultimate goal is to keep my living expenses to a minimum, my plan this year was to sell all of my furniture and end my lease at my apartment to do travel nursing, which would allow me to pocket the stipend money and have no rent to pay.

Transferrable skills (nursing, waiting as in food service, carpentry, and all kinds of other skills) can also be a ticket into the cruising world either full or part time. 

We had a case where the widow owner went to a county nursing home. 

I am a registered nurse but cut way back on work last year and she said thats the deal breaker.      

Suspect the best rural tenants are old and rent due to lack of good condos, think pre nursing home ranch style apartments, ideally with garages. 

Account Closed, I just closed a VA loan on y current home (very similar underwriting) and I am (or was at the time) a travel nurse.

I have a background in many fields ranging from customer service to truck driving and from masonry to being a licensed nurse.  

History: We had bought a house about 5 years ago for my grandma to live in and she has since been moved to a nursing home.

I am a nurse by trade, but am currently working 70-80 hours in the oil field if you can believe that.