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Isn't the price kind of arbitrary? Would you accept this with any other product? Like buying a cheaper house because some of the rooms are walled off, or a hard drive that has a few GB of unremovable data, until you pay more.

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Well, let's say I don't have any children, but I think I might have 2-3 in the next 5-10 years. I would definitely buy a small house with a nice master at a lower price that I can instantly upgrade later, especially if I don't actually see the walled off rooms and the footprint of my house just somehow magically changes in software. It sounds awesome and I would definitely sign up for that.

Yup, I'd do that in an instant. In fact, I wish houses were sold this way. I could by a 500k house for 100k with 1br, 1ba, kitchen, living room probably right out of school. In 5 years when a kid or 3 comes along, pay for the extra bedrooms, another bath, hell, maybe even a basement.

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