You're comparing apples with oranges. 

a bit north of Homestead ave.. for 1.4 I think and put 2 to 4 apple engineers in each room for 1k each.. so 8 to 16k income per house..

They are open to being bought out of the property at $180,000, but that would have to be paid to the estate in a lump sum at closing.I haven't been to the property, but the pictures show that there is a mobile home and 2 barns (all falling apart and need to be demolished). 

I feel like I can't because those are apples and oranges but just thought I'd ask. 

Purchased the property in 2021 on an awesome owner finance note with the intention of starting the build quickly thereafter.We had, what I thought was, a great quote in hand to throw up a pole barn and start our journey towards financial freedom with a grand slam of an investment.

I would just like to add that comparing to S&P 500 index fund is comparing apples and oranges. 

I want to buy a property in a USDA eligible area, it has an apple orchard and small farmland.

Take a look at Reno, it's is a solid area for rentals because of the limited new construction, tech and manufacturing jobs moving to the area (Tesla, Apple, Switch etc.) along with the lithium loop of mining and recycling to manufacturing batteries and vehicles.  

It's comparing apples to oranges, you literally went from a 5-day work week to complete remote work and housing as the #1 sought after target for any individual in America. 

bay area is very niche because home appreciation is not following standard metric like population but following tech stock market index.in reality everyone in the world by purchasing apple and using google is pretty much generating wealth transfer from people in the world to people living in bay area.