While we saw some big jumps around covid times, it has now slowed as I expect is the same for your current area if not most of the country.   

With the high housing market in the past few years, house-hacking and living "rent free" is very tough almost everywhere in the country, especially if you are planning on putting <20% down (higher mortgage payments + PMI).

Buying real estate is NOT a foreign affair to anyone from any country.

It was an out of country investor who was wanting pull his money.

However, I’ve found that these strategies don’t seem to align with the current real estate market in my country, Pakistan, particularly in Karachi.Here’s an example:A typical 120-square-yard house with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms costs around 106,000k ($270-$300 Rent per month).

While you are still out of the country, personally I would not invest in anything here in the US that needs active management.

If tariffs come into play, or any conflict those products become nonexistent and when we switch to a different country source, they will have tripled or quadrupled.

FYI the account would be US based, not outside the country.

I'm a Fractional CFO for real estate developers across the country and I ran the numbers on this deal and I estimate that if you look to a bank for a DSCR loan, you'll need to put 50% down.

Your resident might say they had to fly all over the country to attend meetings in person since their internet was out.