Pertaining to your question, would owning this home affect your ability to buy your home in your new area? Some lender (maybe most?) won’t take rental income into consideration for DTI until you’ve own the rental for 2 years. That’s also something you should consider as well.
Landlording is not for everyone. You should read up on it and see if you really want to go down this path. If you plan to only do it for short term, what happen if the market correct in a few years and you can’t sell for more than current value. Would you be OK with holding on even longer until you can get the price you want? I’m not sure being a landlord short-term make sense at the moment.
