<prompt> Human: My mom is the current owner. She is dead set on moving out of Michigan to California with my step dad and starting a new life now that Ive moved out and going to college in a different state at no cost to her - more about this later. Weve discussed a few options: Plan A for her is to keep the house on the market and when it sells, she moves to California. Plan B is to rent the house out to cover the mortgage payment she will be losing her only guaranteed source of income as a result of moving to Cali while it is on the market.Plan C, which is what I want, is for her to just rent the house out for the next 3 years so she can move to California once a tenant is secured. After 3 years, I will take over the mortgage payment and subsequently the ownership.Plan D is for her to drop all efforts and just foreclose the house and forget about it. A little about me: I just finished my first year of college under a ROTC scholarship. Once I graduate in 3 years, I will commission into the Navy and receive basic O-1 pay, which is 2934.30month. From then on, my salary will only be increasing. I wont have much time to do anything with the house while Im in the Navy, but ultimately the house is a good investment long term in my eyes at least.A little about the house: It is located in the quiet Michigan countryside. Kept in exceptional shape due to the fact that its been rented several times. The furnace and water heater are brand new. A lot of hunting property with river frontage out back 20 acres, but this is a separate entity that I will also be able to own. There are many opportunities to increase the property value using the income that I will be having. I was just wondering if this is a good decision to make, given the position I am in. Perhaps what variables about the house I should consider when it comes to property value, etc. I am a naive 19 year old who hasnt grown up with financially literate parents. I make Plan C seem the most appealing, but please, scrutinize it. I have never seriously thought about stuff like this before. I am sorry if some of the information is vague or something; I just brainstormed this idea with my mom a few hours ago. I am more than willing to provide numbers or other pieces of information if that will warrant reliable advice. Many thanks. EDIT: Monthly pay amount  <response>: So, your Mom would forgo all gains from the sale of the house and just let you take over the mortgage and what--- sell it to you for 1?Its her house, and plan A is best for her. Unless you have some strong emotional ties to that house or that part of Michigan besides your mom, let it go and invest your money in something that doesnt require maintenance. 