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[quote=Anonymous]NC poster here. 
The biggest problem I see with your plan is being in one of the nicer areas, in a nicer home (yes, for those in DC, living in an $600+ home is a higher end neighborhood) and being house poor, with a young child.
You have no money for nights out, barbecues (we just had 3 families over and spent $300), activities (your kid wants to go to the bounce house? $15 and everyone goes to lunch after, $45 outing), bikes, scooters, sports equipment, all that. 
And you will be broke.
I can't imagine living in a $700k house and being that house poor, neither parent working, with a child.
Also have you thought about landscaping? With a large hard and pool, that is mulch, weeding, flowers, stones, and constant work that you won't be able to pay someone to do.
We spent about $500/year between mulch, flowers, pose washing alone is $250.
I think you need to cut your house budget way way down, into the $300's and forget the pool. All those communities have neighborhood pools.
We also thought we were going to be the destination spot and guess how many people came the first summer? 12. Second summer? 6. This summer? 0. Kids grow, people want to go to new places, and honestly people just don't want to stay at someone's house as a destination.
Good luck [/quote]

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