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@cmomma17: Ugh, what a dick. That's honestly how I used to think when I was younger. But logically it just isn't true--baby needs a place to sleep, needs to be fed and clothed, and most of all needs to be loved and cared for. THAT'S IT. Our hope is to own by the time baby would get something out of playing in a backyard. But, all of our other plans have gone out the window, so I'm sure that won't work out the way we think either!

@oliviaoblivia: Same story in our area. We looked for about a year, putting in several offers and being told several times not to even bother putting in a full price offer bc it will go for $50-$100k over list price, often with 10-15 offers. Finally expanded a search a little further, dealt w a listing agent who wasnt too savy (helped us bc we put in an offer immediately and they didn't have time to play the multiple offer game). Took a while to save for a down payment, had to do FHA bc of crazy home prices here (20% down payment would be the price of a whole home in many other areas). DH revently switched jobs, helping us to "earn more, save more." We just bought this fall, which I fell like was good timing bc interest rates and home prices have been increasing and there have been several recent changes to FHA loans.

Good luck to everyone! It's another one of those frustrating processes (we've now moved on to the frustrating TTC process), but it'll happen.