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[quote=Anonymous]"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.

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