A few months later i decide to sell the house and then rather than paying capital gains on a $200k profit, i only pay it on $75k.Thoughts?

That is, if a small uptick in interest rates would result in negative cash flow or a loss, don't do the deal. 

I won’t buy negative cash flow properties.

What I'm worried about is - I don't want to miss the big picture (appreciation in 5-10 years) whilst worrying about being in the negative for the first 2-3 years.

But at that point your property is probably in negative cash flow territory.Just random thoughts.

To me, as long as it isn't negative, I don't think there is a right answer.

Your “feeling” could be you hating lol I think you might need to release all that negative energy and put it into yourself and hard work!

I like the cash flow aspect of it but I am worried about price depreciation(I feel like the prices are too high now in 2020 at least in So Cal) and big repair expenses that could drain all the profits and put me in a negative.

It looks like not only do you have negative cash flow you also have a property that is also losing value, relative to what you paid for it. 

@Lucas Carl - I only did my first 3 properties in my personal name with conventional loans.