- Get a house that you can actually afford on only one income. A lower cost house will also reduce your homeowner taxes and insurance costs.
- Determine what monthly rent you want to spend and then go find a place for that price
- Get a smaller house or apartment. It will cost less to heat and cool.
- Consider moving to a place or neighborhood where the housing prices are lower.
- Stop trying to keep up with the Joneses. (This is the correct spelling according to the dictionary.)
