If short-term rentals are frowned upon by your city but it's near a hospital or school, you could turn them into medium-term rentals (i.e. longer than 30 days but less than 3-6 months) for travel nurses, visiting professors, etc. 

And I've been in the tenant's position before.I had been a tenant at a house in Los Angeles for five years as I was going to school at USC and starting my career.

Around here, groups/schools/charities sell them as fund-raisers.

For example, say you just graduated from college, what field would you  want to join? 

I am a UGA graduate(Gooo DAWGS!) 

My daughter has moved down there and I just retired.It seems I can get into a decient property with a 1% rental and good schools for about a 1/3 of the cost in my area.Just trying to figure out how complex I'm making my life. 

Sure enough, my daughter & I moved to another city to be closer to her school. 

The rent on the second house covers most of our mortgage so I pay less than 1k per month to live in our huge, remodeled house in perhaps the best public schools in the state.

My stepfather managed it from Tulsa after I graduated and as a result it probably had a higher vacancy rate.

I am currently 15 years old, I am in Sophomore year of High School.