You forgot the negative gearing advantage bolide, which for those who hate paying their way with tax, can allow you to gain the satisfaction of paying less tax from now til 2030. The fact that you may be making a loss and end up with less equity than having your money in a bank account for 20 years, you get that satisfaction, but you have to work a bit managing the property and paperwork and extra tax complexity and manage bad tenants and maintain pesky problems and make sure you have the right insurance and the list goes on.
If there's no capital gains above inflation on the horizon for 20 years why would you bother? To get that satisfaction of ripping off the government and being a tax avoider, that's why. We all hate paying tax don't we!!!
