That’s Bs. If you base your decision on trying to buy based on VALUE you will be renting your entire life like many of these others on this board. How many good companies trade for book value, or similar metric? They trade at premiums or other valuation to their intrinsic value for various reasons, the same reason homes in san Diego sell for more than those in Dallas or huntsville, or other locale you all claim to be a better value.
125, the only way you will me able to build equity and leverage up into larger homes is to start somewhere. Heck, if prices drop a bit and you are living in a place you like, who cares?
Or you can just rent like all these others and spend your time on this board trying to convince others not to make a good decision.