You'll have to look at the income and expenses to predict whether your cash flow will improve.

Quote from @Brandon Croucier: Financing a commercial MF that runs as an STR is possible.Appraising a property based on the income is not, whos to say a buyer would STR the property. 

Your income isn't high enough for it to make sense as a rental and the closer you get to your residence limit the greater pressure you will have to sell it before losing your exclusion in whole or part. 500k right now can make $15k per year income with zero maintenance or tenant risks. 

- Loss of historical data (for both IRS audits and for personal portfolio tracking.)You should be able to print the general ledger and Balance sheet / income statement for each period.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Very nice, what is annual income?

I know many investors go out of state for buy and hold properties to generate passive income, but is Blythe a lucrative market?

Long-term tenants provide consistent income and fewer turnovers.3.Long-Term Growth: Germany’s real estate market avoids the volatility seen in other countries.

@Muhammad Kashif Flipping a property in 6–9 months results in short-term capital gains, taxed as ordinary income (up to 37% federally, plus NJ state taxes up to 10.75%).

@Victor Yang To use the rental losses to offset any active income (W2), you'd have meet Real Estate Professional status (which would be difficult to do with a W2 job because you'd have to work more on real estate than any other job to qualify) OR have an AGI of $150K or less.