I have no experience with this program, but that's a great find actually.
from the
official website, it︀ seems like the requirements are still the same, and it's called a self sponsor visa︁ (because generally GCC countries require a sponsor for you to live and work there )︂ and it's a multi entry visa that's valid for 2, 5 and 10 years.
you can actually apply for the visa by yourself online here:
Bahrain Electronic Visa Service so I think overall, it seems pretty easy and straight forward.
regarding the property route, you︃ need to buy in touristy areas like Al Juffair, Busaiteen, Amwaj...etc. but that's not a︄ problem since most people (Specially expats) seems to prefer staying in al juffair because it's︅ cheaper and more bustling, so you will have no problem reselling your property if you︆ choose to.
and as you can find
here, there are good properties that will︇ meet the requirements of the property route.
Although Bahrain is tiny, it's pretty much flies︈ under the radar and it could be a great option for people who don't mind︉ spending some time in this country.