Right now FH and I live about half an hour from the city. We got preapproved for a home loan last summer and looked at a few houses closer to the city, then we decided to wait until this spring to start looking again, but we kept looking online.
We decided we want to live in the city and the only way we could afford that would be in a condo. A nice condo way under our budget in the area we want just came on the market. I'm just worried about a few things. It's half the size of the 3 bedroom house we rent now. It's 1 bedroom, so we'll have no guest room or storage space, and we'll probably want kids in the next 5 or so years.
Most of all, I'm worried about pests. The HOA doesn't cover pest control, and I know we could pay for it, but our last apartment had it and it didn't help.
The upsides to the condo, though, are that we'll have a lot more money to travel and do things, and we can walk most places, which I'm really excited about.
Any advice?