Friday, April 25, 2008

House Hunting...

We are contemplating buying a house...and I am not sure what to think...We found a couple of cute places...it is just so expensive to live around here...I am a little nervous as I don't want to get in over our heads...but we don't really want to keep throwing rent money away either...I guess a lot of American's do it...I just wonder if this is going to be our time...How does everyone decide what is the right price range for buying their house? I ultimately would like to purchase something on just one of our incomes so we are not dependent upon two to pay our bills...but I just don't know...I guess we will see what God provides.

4 comments:

The Clifton Family said...

That is a really hard decision you are facing. We are currently on our THIRD house now... so I know all about "jumping in." But, it is much better than wasting money on rent. My advice is to start small. That way you can always move and make money on what you have! Good luck.. happy house hunting!

SouthAsiaRocks said...
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SouthAsiaRocks said...

well, i'm no help :) I have never bought a house and probably never will until I retire :) haha!

I don't know about the housing market right now and all that stuff, but I have heard that real estate is a great investment :) Good luck :)

amy said...

I've always heard you're supposed to aim for a price that is equal to three times your combined yearly salary... So you could come up with two numbers, one for the two of you and one for just one... Good luck!