<prompt> Human: Hi Guys, looking for your advice. My wife and I are looking upgrade to our forever home and start a family. Currently, our mortgage is 1400mo. I bought my house as a foreclosure for 220K in 2010 and we put about 50k into it. I will be lucky to break even but will most likely end up taking a small loss if i sell it. Rent in our area goes for 1900-2100 but im not sure i want to be a landlord. I currently Make 125,000 27,500 annual bonus. My wife makes between 87,500 - 100,000 depending on how much overtime she works.We have 150,000K in saved. And another 100,000-150,000 in equity dependant on how much we can sell house forWe do did have substantial student loan debt. When we both graduated from our post-bach programs in 2013 we had approx. 280K in debt. Today i have gotten that down to 79K and was hoping to pay it all off in the next year and a half. I currently put 3250 a month towards the debt and all my bonuses. We currently save about 3k a month and when I hit a critical mass I dump that money towards the debt as well. I was hoping to get a house under 500k but in our area, there is really nothing available. So, I guess my question is how much house can i actually afford?___Updated - ended up buying a different house at 500k - lets hope i can sell my current house and can afford this one. I appreciate all your advice Assistant: Do you believe now that your current job role will last for more than 1-2 years as you mentioned in your last post? You current finances indicate you would be able to manage it, however my concern is your stated uncertainly with the volatility of your employer. Human: Its a good point. MY manager has said that the job is not going anywhere and I can have it for as long as I want. That being said we just put two activist investors on our board and are going through massive layoffs.  <response>: Id chill for a while. Let things straighten themselves out. If nothing happens with your employment, of go ahead and do it. 