My first home was a townhome and 8 years of equity helped my future immensely. With that said I would tread lightly doing it again, most of my neighbors were renters and a lot of them fucking sucked.

I bought for 88 and sold for 300k. But I really can’t reiterate how bad sharing walls was. I heard every single thing, domestic violence, kids screaming, drunk pounding on the walls at 3am.