Wait, you really care what the selling agent says about a house? And you let that affect you? Enough that the words actually hurt your feelings?
Be a grownup and make your own decisions about the house. Geez. |
Exactly. A starter home is just that...a first home purchase for a buyer. The ad itself doesn't even say anything about how long the buyer has to live there. They could live there for 5 years, it could be their forever home, or who knows, maybe the buyer is an investor and will turn it into a rental. Not sure why the OP is so bothered by the "starter home" term, otherwise, since no one is putting a timeline on how long they have to live there. OP probably gets triggered when they see the FHA First-time Homebuyer program. |
[quote=Anonymous]It's not offensive, you are just pissed that you can't afford a better house.
Just because you don't have upward mobility (or want it) doesn't mean we have to erase a commonly used phrase from our vocabulary. Offensive would include verbiage that disparages a protected class. You are just slightly less rich than someone else, that situation does not put you in a protected class, its just kind of unfortunate for you. [/quote] My word, are you ever dumb! |
They are nothing compared to my last "geriatric pregnancy"! OMG I was so shocked. |
DC houses a lot of mediocre legacy govt people. / Other mid range people . The new blood is higher income and consider 550k a starter home and size even 10 years a go. |
That is cheap.
Try Toronto. You have it too easy. DC is cheap. |
If a 1000 square foot house in silver spring is your long term goal, you have serious self esteem issues. Those of us without them will continue to aim high |
+2.the phrase is to keep hope alive for a larger place eventually. It’s a cute house. |
No thanks. |
Our 700K house was referred to as a "starter home" because it was our first home purchase. We assured the realtor it was our forever home purchase. We were 34. But that's the way they talk. Also, we are only the second owners (first owners passed it to second generation), and it was built in the 1920s. So it was never anyone's 'starter' home. |
This is absolutely true. My oldest just started high school and he has finally "grown into" his tiny bedroom. It was always too small, now it is like a nice sized dorm room with just the right amount of stuff (aka almost nothing). |
Wow, I’d be insulted too (we also bought an 800K house in our late 30s with two kids. Your aunt sounds like my MIL who always called our three BR, 2000sf townhouse an “apartment” simply because we were renting. |
"Starter home" is not insulting.
Starter home is also a relative term and not an absolute term. What is a starter home for some families can easily be a forever home for other families. Just because someone calls a home a starter home does not mean that it is a starter home for everyone. If you are a family with one bank teller and one fireman, you are not going to have the same criteria for houses as a family that has a Big Law lawyer and a Corporate Executive. A family with two public school teachers is not going to have the same basis as a family with one hospital staff doctor and one engineer. Family finances, the desired size of family, family home preferences and desired location all factor into what would be a starter home vs a forever home. If you live in the city vs living in the suburbs or exurbs, will have a big impact on what is considered a starter home. And some people just like smaller places and place a premium on "charm" whereas others place a premium on "size" and others place a premium on the age of the home (whether wanting an older home or a newer home). The realtor made a generalization. One that doesn't apply to you, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't apply to many of the buyers that she normally works with or who tend to target the neighborhood she is listing. Stop taking insult and just realize that you don't fit her generalization and move on. |
Starter home = first house for first time homebuyers.
That offends people? |
Toronto is painfully expensive. Sucks. I wanted to move there after college (in Western NY) but could not afford it! |