I purchased a property in an area with an HOA in 2020 in a ski town with the intent to build a home on it to live in during retirement (15 years away) and rent until then using it occasionally when not rented to cover the mortgage.

It's about having a system in place to find opportunities for fix and flip, buy and hold, listings..... and then the occasional deal that you may assign or double close on

I always charge fees for animals so it's money in my pocket.I occasionally waive the fee for a fish tank, depending on the quality of renter.

I think you will probably need 4-5 bedroom to make it work close to break even and you may even need to rent out your bedroom occasionally when the opportunity presents itself. 

Not to mention, you've now become reliant on a 3rd party for income streams, and yes, they do occasionally run short of funding and, yes, they have no compunction with telling you to pound sand until they get new funding. 

Plan for time to rest from the rigors of nursing and investing, along with occasional travel.

Occasionally you will get no occupation which if they fill in an agency or other info is fine but you have to have minimal data.

As an investor there since 1955, and a real estate broker since 1965 and paying finders fees that passed the occasional department of real estate audits during those years, you will need to amend your opinions regarding California and a few other states.

@William HooFatt thx William -There are a lot of Small mouth bass , walleye, and occasional other fish in the delaware there .Some freshwater  eels too!

About the time you are tired of self managing and the occasional hassle, the season ends and you get a break.