hey blaze, in ur excel calculations the figures you've assumed is a bit bias towards renting if you were to invest in growth properties ideally the average growth p.a. is 10% at least.. whilst the rental returns in ur calculations are pretty much as good as it gets. nonetheless it clearly shows the tieing up of cashflow for capital gains.
One of my friends had an apartment in uni lodge about 6 years ago – she was trying to sell it for about $120,000 then – which was what she paid for it about 4 years earlier.