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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moving is very disruptive-- I would probably not be inclined to move if I thought it was only for a couple of years.

[b]BTW, we used to rent an apt in NW that was 1BR with a den, but I checked and now I see they are calling it a 2BR and asking almost $3k for it! [/b] [/quote]

Same here.  It's outrageous, PP, isn't it?  I don't honestly know what to tell you OP, because every decision has trade offs.  What I will say is that buying a place, on your income, is a HUGE decision.  I know because we did it.  Chances are you will be buying an older home and inevitably expensive maintenance problems will crop up.  You could very well be adding an enormous amount of stress to your life.  I've aged 10 years in the past 3 dealing with an older home, the travails of preschool in DC, etc and I am flying the white flag of surrender and bailing from the city altogether.  Not an inspirational story, I know, but. . . .

If you want to make it work in the city I would honestly encourage you to rent the cheapest place you can so you can save some money for a few years and give yourselves more options down the road.  This is what we should have done but hindsight is 20/20.  [/quote]

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