Originally Posted by brucelidat

Yeah, I'm going to do the right thing and go house first. It's just so tempting so I wanted to know what it would really entail and what would be needed. I wasn't trying to cheap out on important stuff, just trying to find out what was important and what was just extra. Affording the FI isn't the problem, it's more about regretting it in terms of delaying home purchase or having to throw down extra money for big issues. I was just trying to get a lot of info and understand what I would be getting into if I decided to go that route. I figure getting info form people would either result in wow, it's not as expensive than i thought and is pretty reliable or damn, it's way more than I thought and/or a bit iffy. And it seems like it's a little iffy if I plan to track it and costs more than I had anticipated so i will continue to hoard my money to get a house sooner. After that, though....