Im going to keep the house at least 5-7years 

let me know if you want to look at new construction.

I just looked at the data for August 2024 and read that there were 3397 homes for sale in the three county area around Sacramento.

My wife and I have been doing an MTR-exclusive startegy for 3.5 years, and we still have a hard time figuring out how to predict vacancy, especially in a new market that we're considering.If we look at FF's (pretty crummy) data on their website we either see very few listings, so we think "no one is investing here; bad" or we see a lot of listings and think "too much competition; bad". 

You should then answer any questions that come up on these forums and aim to add value to the poster and the BP community at large.All the best!

You're situation could be far different, for me I am looking at higher construction costs than you have (most likely) and deals in the area I can put 20% down on as opposed to using the money for another unit. 

For myself, I am a high income W2 earner and I currently have FEIE foreign income tax exclusion but at some point I have to be able to return to the USA fully or at least hedge against that possibility.

I've not looked at what I could get for rent ahead of time, like you have, but it's a large apartment with 1 bedroom, 2 other rooms (office plus bonus room, etc) plus a brand new open concept kitchen, with its own separate entrance and garage access. 

Situation:Found a seller who wants to sell but doesn’t want to pay 300k gain all at once.Pure vacation property/second home.

Actually not at all.