Ideally IF we were to move in the future, we'd be able to rent our home out and at the very least breakeven.

If no, then figure out what you're doing to have to do to get it (raise money, find financing, network, learn more, etc...).If you lay out an ideal path, maybe we can help fill in the gaps to get you there.Hope that helps!

Ideally, move out within 4 years and rent the full home for $1,800-$2,000/mo Raising the home is obviously a worry. 

Granite counters in 1st floor unit (ideal for owner/occupant).

Granite counters in 1st floor unit (ideal for owner/occupant).

Especially if you have a little money to make up for overages or rehab/a less than ideal appraisal, that would be a good way to start.

Also, to find a single family with an ideal layout that allows for room sharing in a comfortable manner will be even more challenging in my experience.

This would be the ideal situation.

From a tax perspective the ideal result would be for the entity to be separate from myself as Australian tax rates are extortionate and my income is already in the extreme brackets of that, if it's possible to only have it be US based that is the ideal result.

Unfortunately, we had already done a small separate area that was going to match so we felt like we were stuck with that tile.