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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Here: Update- it looks like I will only be working in Georgetown 1 day a week and mainly SE DC the other four. Seems that commute is going to be pretty terrible with many of the suggested choices? I may be able to have flexible hours where I commute outside of rush hour, but certainly not everyday.[/quote]

Honestly? I’d go with Capitol Hill and worry about middle school when the time comes. It has everything else you’re looking for. Brent, Maury or Ludlow-Taylor IBs (in approx that order).[/quote]

Yep, [b]here folks move more than once.[/b]  When kids are little, commute is everything.  Later, school quality for whatever it turns out your child needs. Folks change jobs, thus job locations, more than you might expect.  All that means is perhaps best to solve for what you need right now, be glad if it happens to work out many years down the road.    [/quote]

That used to work out a lot better in the past, or if you bought before kids or when they were babies. If OP buys in Capitol Hill now, she will pay top dollar IB for any of those three schools and might not break even (much less make a profit) when she has to sell in four years when her second grader needs a good middle school.

So I would definitely be prepared to go private after elementary if you choose the Hill.[/quote]

Wait, what? [b]Hill real estate is appreciating at crazy rates. [/b]My house has appreciated almost 50% in 6 years in one of those IBs and last year was actually the second highest estimated growth rate of the six. Virtually no chance she'd lose money on a 4 year buy. Alternatively, she could always rent if she wanted to; Brent IB actually has a fair amount of rental property because people bought 20 years ago, have now moved/retired and make a killing off of renting out those houses. She talked about renting for a few years in NW... she could always do the same on the Hill.

Look, I am not suggesting she's going to be comfortable w/ Jefferson or E-H or S-H in 4 years (depending on which IB she chooses); I doubt I will be and nothing in her original post suggests she will. But she has a decent shot of lotterying into Latin or BASIS (especially the latter), which she might be happy with. She may decide she'd pay for CHDS or St. Peter's middle school for her oldest and worry about another move for HS for that kid/MS for her younger ones. Maybe her job will change. Basically, a lot can happen in 4 years and, given all of her preferences and the fact that *she can always 100% move IB for Deal and be fine at any time*, I'd move into Brent or Maury and have a sweet commute and basically all of my other preferences met (diverse, walkable, fun neighborhoods that are real communities... and she already said she likes the Hill).[/quote]

I'm not one of those who think there will be a market crash, but I wouldn't take the gamble that this will continue at this rate for the next six years.[/quote]

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