tell me about cool pockets of houses that are lower priced...

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Anonymous wrote:In Mount Rainier, you can get a renovated, single family home for under $250,000. My neighbor's 5 bed/3 bath home just sold for $243,000. I paid $220,000 for my 5,000 sf 8 bed/3 full bath house, with a huge two story deck and large yard.

Where is this?

Bfe

I am not this poster but wow that comment was uninformed. Mount Rainier is literally a stone's throw from the District line, which in no way justifies that particular vulgar term. It's in PG county just east of the city.

Which is exactly why PP said that...typical DCUM ignorant comment about PG

[Anonymous]

Flower Valley

don't know how long the link will last - But here's one that's at the upper end - http://franklymls.com/MC8085006

very nice
with a pool!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University Park, MD. Just north of Hyattsville. Lovely, well-kept homes in the $400s.

+1

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I agree south arlington-penrose arlington heights ect.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree south arlington-penrose arlington heights ect.

Terrible schools., but great if you are single

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Anonymous wrote:In Mount Rainier, you can get a renovated, single family home for under $250,000. My neighbor's 5 bed/3 bath home just sold for $243,000. I paid $220,000 for my 5,000 sf 8 bed/3 full bath house, with a huge two story deck and large yard.

Where is this?

Bfe

I am not this poster but wow that comment was uninformed. Mount Rainier is literally a stone's throw from the District line, which in no way justifies that particular vulgar term. It's in PG county just east of the city.

Which is exactly why PP said that...typical DCUM ignorant comment about PG

It actually borders DC. It's a few minutes NE of the Rhode Island Ave metro.

[Anonymous]

I live in Lanham-Seabrook, in PG county. Several people who came to visit our house literally told us "Where are we? What is this place?" they were so amazed that we live in such a nice area. And our house was 320k, and, quite frankly, is gorgeous. And our elementary school is good too!

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Anonymous wrote:In Mount Rainier, you can get a renovated, single family home for under $250,000. My neighbor's 5 bed/3 bath home just sold for $243,000. I paid $220,000 for my 5,000 sf 8 bed/3 full bath house, with a huge two story deck and large yard.

Where is this?

Bfe

What is Bfe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what do you consider lower priced?
We live in Falls Church, Greenway Downs/Jefferson Village/City park homes neighborhood and absolutely love it. Lots of young families and wonderful neighbors. It's one of the few nice and reasonably priced neighborhoods inside the beltway, although recently prices have been quickly on the rise.

+1. We lived there for years and loved it. It fits OPs price range.

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Anonymous wrote:The Annandale neighborhoods that feeds into the new Masonville Elementary school. Lot's of younger buyers are moving into the area.

It's Mason Crest ES, not Masonville. Masonville was the name of the old school in that area that was closed decades ago.

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Anonymous wrote:In Mount Rainier, you can get a renovated, single family home for under $250,000. My neighbor's 5 bed/3 bath home just sold for $243,000. I paid $220,000 for my 5,000 sf 8 bed/3 full bath house, with a huge two story deck and large yard.

Where is this?

Bfe

What is Bfe?

Stands for "bum fuck Egypt" - basically, a DCUM derogatory term of choice for any place outside of DC, Arlington, or Bethesda/Chevy Chase. Although it's usually reserved for places further from DC than Mount Rainier, with better schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University Park, MD. Just north of Hyattsville. Lovely, well-kept homes in the $400s.

This. Just bought a house that would easily go for $100k more in Takoma Park or Silver Spring. Great neighborhood and community, tons of kids, excellent neighborhood school that DCs will be walking to. Close to UMD and metro, we love it!

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Anonymous wrote:what do you consider lower priced?
We live in Falls Church, Greenway Downs/Jefferson Village/City park homes neighborhood and absolutely love it. Lots of young families and wonderful neighbors. It's one of the few nice and reasonably priced neighborhoods inside the beltway, although recently prices have been quickly on the rise.

+1. We lived there for years and loved it. It fits OPs price range.

Schools suck and its run down. The only foreclosure i see in the area are there.

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Anonymous wrote:In Mount Rainier, you can get a renovated, single family home for under $250,000. My neighbor's 5 bed/3 bath home just sold for $243,000. I paid $220,000 for my 5,000 sf 8 bed/3 full bath house, with a huge two story deck and large yard.

Where is this?

Bfe

What is Bfe?

Stands for "bum fuck Egypt" - basically, a DCUM derogatory term of choice for any place outside of DC, Arlington, or Bethesda/Chevy Chase. Although it's usually reserved for places further from DC than Mount Rainier, with better schools.

Umm, okay, PP here who has the 5,000 sf house in Mount Rainier. lol, I actually didn't know what bfe meant at first. Mount Rainier is basically NE DC - just north of Woodridge area. I'm less than a mile away from the new DC Costco. While my house is technically in PG Co., my front yard is actually DC, and I park my car in DC - on Eastern Avenue....so it is not 'BFE" at all. I love the area, and it's only improving. I've been here about 10 years.

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Anything not in nw is bfe lol