Each family has key constraints and hard limits to flexibilities. You see similar hard limits when you do yoga poses 🙂

Some can’t accept small space; some can’t accept old houses; some can’t accept above-avg schools.. The more things you can sacrifice (the more flexible), the stronger you are.

However, be honest.

• —- for single living
• 1) can’t accept long commute
• 2) dirty street? Bushwick standard was barely acceptable
• —- For the family
• 1) can’t sacrifice street cleanliness or safety
• can’t sacrifice freedom of selling, but this is rarely an issue.
• academically above-average schools? I feel I can accept
• commute? I choose to accept it as sacrifice for the family
• size? I feel 90% TPY size is acceptable. When kids grow up we can move.
• restrictions on renting out? I would accept very grudgingly.
• slow appreciation? perfectly acceptable. Look at my #2-1173
• —- for the school
• 1) can’t accept bad influence or poor commitment/enforcement by school
• can’t sacrifice safety but rarely an issue.
• academic standard as measured by standardized benchmarking? I don’t worry too much.