@Tsundererra: That could be cool. And some people's tiny houses they put on wheels and they live in it when they aren't driving.

@Tsundererra: Yeah some are thin enough and are built on wheels. But then what if you get into a car crash. Also go to bed girl its late where you are lol

@Tsundererra: some nights I cannot fall asleep at all. I lay in bed in the dark doing nothing for like 45 mins.
Yes it’s a risk you would have to take for cheap housing.

@Tsundererra: rip. I’m sure you have tried this but have you gotten rid of all blue light? Like at night I don’t use my phone much but when I do I have it emit warm light

@SirLionelNigelConrad: I agree with you. I have thought for years that 2020 would be a small recession. I think that will include some housing markets.
But then again you should never time the market and just buy when it’s a good deal for you.

Never say never...
but I only look at places I could realistically expect to afford one day, in an area that I plan to try to move to, so as to give me an idea of what I'm working for. There's a decent amount of reasonably-priced and still beautiful homes out there if you can estimate your budget and know where to look.

@Totalanimefan: Nothing wrong with looking elsewhere, even if it's just a few towns over. I'm looking at places on the other end of the state, though I've looked in a couple of other states, too. The hardest part about moving is finding or relocating a job, which is the only reason we're staying in our city for now. But as soon as we have the means, we want to head closer to the coast. Which sounded expensive at first, but upon looking into it, it doesn't really have to be. For now, we're just looking at crappy little apartments so we can get on our feet and get used to renting and all that good stuff, so by the time the lease and work contract and whatnot are up, we'll have had a few months to be searching for a good fit in the place we really want to live. It just helps to have a good idea of what you want and how you can reasonably achieve it--or something close enough that you'd be happy with--and to focus on that instead of the "what-if/when-I-win-the-lottery" daydreams. That's what I'm doing, anyway. I actually got bored of looking at stuff I didn't think I could have once I realized how much stuff I could have.

@Count Trashula: thanks. This thread is in a half-joking manner but you have really good advice. Because of my husband job we have to live here. Maybe in a few years we could have the option of moving to Austin but that is still an unknown. We would love to be able to live in the DC region but his company isn’t out there and at least for now he can’t work remote.