Nothing tells you the type of tenant they will be better than the type they have been....With your leverage  (eviction) and the primacy of housing and shelter, some renters can prioritize rent and maintain years of timely rent payments even if they have an errant medical bill or past consumer debt problem (especially with former home owners from financial crisis, one large medical bill, etc..).

To them, it was either get in the medical field or engineering.

I'm looking for a way to cover medical expenses, such as deductibles, that my family still incurs with my spouse's employer-sponsored plan.

I live 4 hours away and it costs me 100$ to travel back and forth.

@Kyle Seidel My numbers only show volume of travelers.

As a person that travels for work a lot, my time in my city is limited to a few days each week, which means I need to stay very organised if I ever want to successfully build a team and flip houses on the side. 

@Dustin Davis I will contact you when I get my travel plans sorted out. 

I've frequently considered rental properties, but never pulled the trigger, until now.For the past two years, I've traveled nearly weekly for work.

I will be working at the Texas medical center so I am not sure whether I should house hack near the medical center or further away.

You're from the Bay Area... it's easy to fly anywhere and what's a few hundred in travel costs when you're making an investment in the neighborhood, plus "free" vacation.