  Published: Monday, Sept. 10 2012 4:13 p.m. MDT  Alan Johnson
never planned on being a landlord.  But there he was, stuck with
two options — become a landlord or pay two mortgages, in two
different states.  As of May, 31.4 percent of all homeowners
with mortgages wouldn't be able to pay them off if they needed
to move suddenly. Or in other words, 16 million homeowners
across the nation can't sell their house, according to data from
Zillow. Though the housing market is turning around, the rocky
economy forces some homeowners to quickly move to a different
town or state without being able to pay off their mortgages
first. Like Johnson, homeowners on the move are turning to a
nontraditional method to save on finances.  "We have a lot of
'reluctant landlords,'" said Paul Smith, executive director for
the Utah Apartment Association, speaking about Utah's housing
market. "They didn't do it on purpose but for some reason they
bought a new home or got (job) transferred and they can't get
out of their current home wh