If the answer is no, it would depend on your current income.For a purchase price near 550k, I would assume that it would be cheaper monthly to own compared to paying 5k.

For paid softwares, it depends on the scale of your investments.

Depending on your income you might qualify for the "Small Landlord Exception" to take the loss. 

Everything depends on the HOA and what they will allow as far as amount of rentals (within the complex) and the type of rental (LTR, MTR, STR).

Use varies throughout the year.

As with most things relating to landlording, your mileage may vary :)

Maybe do a tandem approach and depending on your location and price points etc.Nurses mostly get a daily stipend to spend on housing [some have the employing agency pay for the housing] what I found is that even though on average nurses get up to about $180 per day in daily rental stipend - they do not seek out to spend that much and look for cheaper housing - the kicker is it seems that they get to keep the difference of what they do not spend on rent and pocket the difference.So I put my lisitings on Airbnb sometimes as weekly, mostly on as 30 day rental [to keep in compliance with various city, HOA and local laws.So lots of different strategies to go and to keep your options open for all sorts of travelers  that we can not even think of, so expand your criteria.

If this is the case then it depends on what the lease says, is there a clause that states they can house their employees regardless of who they are? 

3rd federal savings and loan might do it they are based in OH however I think they want to be first loan holder so it would need to be paid paid off free and clear also I was told they have a heloc that they will pay a portion or all of the closeing cost I used them on my prime residence vary good rates however the rep I worked with was very vary slow with responding and pushing things along good luck I will be doing this same thing on 2 rentals soon so be sure and post what you figured out thanks

Overall the portfolio is about break even or slightly positive depending on the month.Here is the WHY behind how I was able to use this loan to my advantage. 1) I am not too concerned about immediate cash flow as I'm not looking to live off of the cash flow day one.