Out here buying is of course cheaper than renting at this point so I might jump on something this christmas, but right now I am not looking too hard.[/quote]
For sure. In Florida a family on a good income can buy a nice house and not have to stretch financially.[/quote]
In fact you can be so picky. House better be turn-key or you have troubles. I went back and researched and apparently the house we backed out on sold finally for 8K more than we negotiated.