I'm living in a home, that I've gradually renovated to some degree, initially for the purpose of establishing a rental unit.

I'm a property tax professional (reducing taxes for commercial property owners) living in Northern Kentucky.

I was living in and renting the house and asked the landlord if he was interested in selling it to me and he was.

This property has 4 bedrooms and only 1.5 bath, which I worry is not ideal for this type of living situation.The house is a split ranch with one car garage and 2 car driveway.

Now, investors can also buy on the high end and improve the home by adding a bathroom, taking a wall out and expanding a kitchen/living area, etc to be able to sell at a profit (a little harder idea to make profit but possible).  

or How fountain (where i live now) is to the springs?

To me, when you say house hack, that means buying a property as a primary residence with a low down payment, living in it for a year, and then moving out and renting it.

With the amount of money travel nurses and the like make, there is no scenario where they would subject themselves to living in some rent by the room whorehouse slum.

And one thing for nurses you have to really cater to their unique needs [they take assignment in usually 13 weeks stints and most find short term housing on Airbnb and or Extended stay then look for longer term [lower cost] housing. 

You make money to live, not live to make money (or at least I think a good life works out that way).