It comes with only a 1% exit fee and I can sell when the market dictates, not when my prepayment penalty dictates. 

She simply dictated the terms in which she was willing to sell to you - i.e. that she expected you to be the party closing on the property if you were the one making the offer to buy the property.

Your income will dictate how much of a property you can buy, and thus what you end up shopping for.

The market dictates our pricing.

Those dictate what we do when residents are late.

Look at a list of billionaires and you will likely see a lot of names that you do not knowI still believe it is the entire package that dictates the level of success. 

It is absurd that Fannie considers transfers of funds within a marriage to be a "gift," but alas I am not the dictator of the universe and cannot change this at present.Solution: Just what @Cara Lonsdale said, have both names on the accounts even if it's understood between the two of you that this one is "mine" and this one is "yours."

it depends" - I think your lifestyle may dictate much of this decision, but fundamentally you probably win more with the renting and deploying the capital into investments that will earn you money in the meantime, you can always buy a home and you can always give some bank a big deposit for the home you plan to live in, but in the meantime if you have the ability to buy some rental or invest in a real estate venture, go for it, let your money work for you while you can.

The class and finish of your property will dictate what level of appliances you need.

While the economic climate dictated his profit and it cannot be expected all of the time, there is no profit to be made when renting on accident.