Any help is much appreciated - obviously a short term rental would be ideal, but it looks like thats out the question for now. 

This option is ideal for penalty-free investment but comes with added complexity and strict IRS rules.Alternatively, a 60-Day Rollover allows you to withdraw funds and redeposit them into an IRA within 60 days to avoid penalties, though it carries the risk of missing the deadline.

It’d be interesting to see how that plays out in the next few years.

Curious how this will play out in the courts (granted it's LTR) and affect pricing products used for STR such as PriceLabs (which I use but have to seriously manually adjust for very specific reasons).

I deal with a number of CA investors that take this same approach. 

That's not ideal but it's manageable with travel nurses and other MTR tenants we'll be targetting.Thanks for the data @Eric Fernwood.

Investors & overall market feasted on low rates, you got your stuff together during that time and now are seeing how cycles play out.

I would also target ones that are ideal for renting out when you move out so maybe do a lower price point. 

I'm European, spent most of my life in Europe and have owned property in several European countries and I can tell you categorically that it doesn't not reflect the situation in most European markets and, by the way, Chris rightfully never suggested that it does.Of course, if Americans want to reap the benefits of investing in Europe, they'd ideally need to, as you suggest, get the right market knowledge, understand the local financing and housing laws and I'd add to this the legal system.

Then you hire a coach to accelerate your learning and take you to the next level.Using a sports analogy, it would be foolish to hire a basketball coach if your intent is to play pickup games every Saturday for fun.