Home purchasing

[ATobin]

Looking for some words of wisdom/encouragement from those who have been there/done that. The concept(cost) of home ownership is a bit intimidating to me personally, but the wife has recently brought it up and has full blown house fever. So I'm trying to get on board.

We have 5ish more months at this duty station before heading to the next and final one and will spend 2 years there before I get out. We've researched the area and it looks like a place we can see ourselves settling down.

So basically, what made you decide to buy a house, what made you decide on the house you purchased, how painful was the process of purchasing, anything you would do differently if you had to do it over again?


Thanks guys.