(I live on the other side of the house, 2 bedroom and 1 bathroom).

I'm just curious...I'm here in CA, and with the cost of housing, I'm always wondering if my home is too large and if I should be finding other ways to invest my money, such as buying rental property (2 town homes instead of a house for example) and moving into a house later. 

We would sell both houses here and free up approx $850-$900k to invest in Houston.  

We clearly outline the early check-in and late check-out policies in the listing house rules and the automated messages we send out before check-in and before check-out.IF there is a violation we will send them a late check-out fee payment request.

Her son is living in that house right now and it is falling apart.

If you live in the property there are some great owner-occupy loans available, like FHA or low money down conventional loans.

I’ve done Zillow, filtered it based on Bathroom/bedroom size, home type, etc.I’ve found a few but in the event where houses for rent don’t show up (due to time of posting ?)

There you will be asked your criteria and then after answering a few questions you will be matched with 3-5 agents or loan officers in your area.

The catch is that the veteran can't then use their VA loan again until that house is sold or refinanced (so basically you have to go conventional in the future, at least for a while).

You should be able to get a 75% loan against your current property.