It's easy for me to save because of my lack of housing and food expenses, I am lucky to be in this situation, but I've also made the conscious choice not to have a car witch saves me a lot of money.

The issue is that I plan to rent this house out in within the next 2 years (ie. before breaking, leaving the tenant reap the rewards). 

I would imagine Florida with no state tax or the hotspot Texas would be more rewarding but of course ask your CPA first.

The ones I can think of that I won't be covering  - Kitchen/cooking (tinfoil, parchment, saran wrap, baggies), shampoo/conditioner, Food (coffee, tea, sugar, salt/pepper, spices), dryer sheets/fabric softener, general cleaner (like a Lysol spray), Kleenex.Any differences for you between what you do cover/what you don't? 

Right now, the lender is also looking at the risk vs reward of a current 2 bedroom houses value compared to a potential 3 bedroom houses value.

So I went to his place and he had left behind about a weeks worth of non-perishable food. 

It’s definitely a rewarding experience.

I'm purchasing a property and allowing a charitable organization to use part of the property as a food bank and distribution facility.

House price, food, gas were excluded.

Typically I'm all for doing this, but they should not be rewarded for dragging this process out as much as they did.