can we please, please, retire the term "starter home"????

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Anonymous wrote:A condo or townhouse is a starter home in the DC area.

Not true. I know people who have been in their TH for more than 20 years with no plans of moving.

And that’s fine but the reason most people consider them starter homes is that you can get them for 300-400k our in Germantown instead of spending 550-600k for a SFH. You build up equity and sell to move to a SFH. I know people that have rented their entire life, that doesn’t mean they should be upset if someone says many renters want to be home owners eventually...

True but there are plenty of townhouses that are bigger than SFs. TH's easily can go for a mil in DC/Arlington. Generally speaking though, you're right. the goal is to move from a TH to SF.

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Anonymous wrote:I laughed when my realtor made a comment about a "starter home" I was buying that was around a half million. I laughed at him, and then gave him a very bad review. I found it so insulting. And bizarre since I was nearly 40 and single.

Nothing wrong with getting your first house at 40. Don’t blame the realtor for that.

I was buying a condo in DC in a hot neighborhood. That's why it was bizarre.

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Not sure if this makes me a snowflake but...we purchased with Redfin and had an agent who we didn’t know at our home inspection. As she was complimenting our home choice, she said it “reminds me of my started home.” This women was 1) younger than I, and 2) standing in the newly remodeled home of 2000+sf that we were paying $600k for with a down payment that had take. The better part of 8 years to save. I wasn’t offended but I was taken aback! I think it’s fine for people to use the phrase starter home but to real estate agents I’d recommend extreme caution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this makes me a snowflake but...we purchased with Redfin and had an agent who we didn’t know at our home inspection. As she was complimenting our home choice, she said it “reminds me of my started home.” This women was 1) younger than I, and 2) standing in the newly remodeled home of 2000+sf that we were paying $600k for with a down payment that had take. The better part of 8 years to save. I wasn’t offended but I was taken aback! I think it’s fine for people to use the phrase starter home but to real estate agents I’d recommend extreme caution.

So you're upset at her for having her shit together when she was a lot younger than you are???