Yours truly has never owned anything more than a “starter car” I can buy any car I want and I am proud of my history of car ownership . Why would it be any different with a house?I mean other than the fact that we live in a material things equal status kind of a world? The term starter home bothers me in that it describes nothing.What is a starter home for mechanic? For a young doctor or lawyer? As Drunkle points out the term assumes that you must be dissatified there until you get the move up home and that you are a failure if you get stuck there.Maybe the most affordable houses in any neighborhood should be called houses for the smart and frugal?
Best wishes