We firmly believe we paid in the end 5-10K more than we should have and attribute it to listening to our realtor.

Your variable costs will be mainly attributable to your ARV.

I hope you enjoyed your time in my home country (although I am now based in Japan).Obviously you will find the prices in Atlanta much more reasonable than Australia, even accounting for recent gains in Atlanta attributed to large funds buying up inventory.If you are selling a place in Perth when you move back maybe you have timed the top of the market!

One of the best attributes of US real estate is the ability to use low fixed interest rates for 30 years.

For resale, my opinion is the lack of a garage is a detriment but having extra living space for a rental could be an attribute - although I could be completely wrong.Please share your opinions!

The tradeoff is ~$250 per month, which I could attribute to 'forced savings,' similar to what you're discussing with the $100 per month out of pocket.So ask yourself, "what if?"

@Rick Shipp - I'm personally a huge believer in having mentors and attribute much of my success to expertise I gained from others.

I am sure that is mostly attributable to your wifes [and your] actions.

Private money lenders are a huge way to ramp up quickly and I attribute them to a lot of my success. 

At the time of sale, if there is still debt-financing in place, there will be a tax on the income attributed to the ratio of debt still present (UDFI).