Our starter home was a condo. It was great because it had a two car garage then you walked into your patio then your two story condo. We bought it at $72,000 and sold it three years later for $112,000. That was 15 years ago and they are now going for over $300,000. I sure wish we had held onto it and rented it out. For us the worst thing was our next door neighbor that had a teenage son that would have very loud long parties when the mother went out of town. Housing prices are so high here now that if we were just starting out we could not even afford a condo now.