For reference we are not married and file separately.

We are less susceptible to economic down turns because everyone here is a GS-15 married to a Booz Allen contractor and they will keep getting paid by the government regardless of what happens in the real economy.

I am married young and am interested in starting my real estate journey as soon as I can.

Pretty amazing you can have $500K of tax free capital gains (if you're married). 

I’m married with kids and own a primary residence, so no house hacking for me!

I can see through DOM the contrast between those struggles and the lease ups of the better located single families in the area.I cant say with certainty this applies across the entire city but what’s known is the fact people are getting married and starting families later in life than in the past, young people have more debt than ever before thanks to student loans, the cost of buying ahome has never been higher & most  families decide to move to the suburbs when they have school aged children.

I am 23 and married and just about to finish my bachelors degree this Summer.

I was married for 31 years but lost my wife to cancer in August of 2024.

For example, in 2024, as a single individual, you make less than $146,000 MAGI, you can make a full contribution to the Roth, $230,000 if married filing a joint return.

Like the saying goes - you date the rate and marry the house.