Can provide all the benefits from a cash flow and tax perspective.

Thats $7700 a year NOT including my accountant/Tax prep. 

Sometimes they forget to tell you that many tenants in Detroit don't pay (depending on the property manager skill and the type of tenant) - but taxes are very high in the city and so is insurance. 

The loss created by section 179 is limited to your total net taxable income amount from all "active" business income you have, plus any W-2 income. 

BUT...if you're American and can still get loans in the US (the silver lining of having to still file US income taxes while living abroad), then why not use leverage?   

The only two ways to rectify this are (1) purchase the property far below market price or (2) significantly increase the property net income usually through some method of “repositioning”. 

Check credit, income, and rental history.

More on DSCR loans in case helpful: DSCR loans won't use your income to underwrite the loan.DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.

The interest would be tax deductible due to interest tracing rules. 

I do like the tax benefits and leverage.