You are confusing percentage and the actual financial gain on each.  

My profits are based on someone gaining a wonderful place to live and all that goes with it.

@Emma Bennett I get a great deal of calls back (roughly 11%) from leads i gain from driving for dollars.

@Dung Nguyen I would rent it for two years, and then sell it to gain a little more appreciation but still qualify for the capital gains tax exclusion. 

Luckily, we will be relocating for my fiancé's job and they will be purchasing the second home (which we live in) from us if we can't sell it within 60 days of his relocation and we have actually gained some equity on it, but not much.

(They should be willing to spend an hour or two hashing this out with a therapist since they are asking you to make a longterm LIFE CHANGING commitment for their benefit.)

I have good experience that is interesting to new people and I try to answer their questions as best as I can from the knowledge I have gained thus far.

CA benefits from a glorious past with tech industry and entertainment industry to name a few, that were built before CA became effectively a one party system; and this "People's Republic" unfortunately also "occupies" more than half of our beautiful West Coast with prime real estate.

., my housing payment would be $2000/month.While living there, this seems fine, since that is about what my housing payment is now (renting), and at least I would be building equity, gaining landlord experience and getting in the game/learning by doing.Worried about longer -term exit strategy, though. 

If you have specific questions, you can post them here to benefit the forum.