Yeah. If I could afford the yearly property tax, and the bills from things like, oh, the unepected roof leak after a nasty spring storm, or the exploding AC unit (you know, all those 'little things' you have to take of on your own if you own a house), I probably would have looked closer into getting a house rather than renting an apartment. There are some in the area where the monthly mortgage payments are the same or even cheaper than the apartments in my cost range, but the other costs of upkeeping the place would have killed me. :/

Ah well; when Richie offers to marry me, I'll look again. *g*