Not sure if you could rent a room for short periods or not, but it may be an option for your travel needs.

Work with seasoned professional and drill down on all your options. 

However, the EDEN housing (section 8) contacted me to give me options.

Suddenly that is $625 a month extra cost (across a 24 month hold) of saying "I did the smart thing and bought something."  

You will have a harder time pulling out the bad section of floor due to the glue, just makes for a little extra effort.

Use the find a lender option here on BP.

You stop worrying about having to maximize every month on every rental because you just don't care if you bring in an extra $50; you'd rather have a stable tenant that pays on time every time and doesn't cause you trouble.

We have been discussing options on how to move forward.

I wish they had more investor owned hotel options because it's also perfect for vacation since you can rent it any time you want.

Another option was using equity to buy a 3rd home with FHA (the first 2 loans were under VA).