<prompt> Human: Hello friends,I 24m w college degree and decent white-collar job and a fiancé live and work in Pittsburgh and have had a virtually ideal living situation for a while. My fiancé is finishing up undergrad in May and currently has good prospects for a teaching position in the area about 35kyr.My parents and my sister own quite a few homes, and they had one here in Pittsburgh that was vacant when I moved here, so they offered to let me stay as long as I paid the utilities. The situation was always temporary- my parents and I discussed plans to sell the house after August 2018 when I get married, and I was going to help them get the house in sellable condition. This was the deal as of May 2016.Fast forward to yesterday morning and a metric shitload of family drama, they have been persuaded to sell the house as soon as February. The aforementioned work is not complete, and the house does need quite a few things Im less obligated to help given they already pulled a Darth Vader on me. For my own financial security, I have essentially been planning as if it will be sold by February.Theres the backstory, heres the actual finances part:I make 47,500 working without opportunity for overtime or bonuses but with very good benefits my review is in February and I have asked for a 7,500 raise as well. I have about 900 a month leftover after paying for student loans 272, auto loans 336, insurance 96, food 120, gas 120, cell phones 90 and discretionaryfunmiscellaneous money 500. My total debt between the student loans and auto loans is around 33k, though I have been looking in to selling the car because I walk to work and only use a vehicle on the weekends.I have about 10,000 saved. There are a few starter homes still in the area that are sub-100k and even some sub-50k that I have been contemplating purchasing. What I was envisioning was potentially getting a FHA loan and having a reasonable mortgage, pmi, insurance, and renting out a room to my current roommate who pays 400 a month.This is primarily to avoid rent costs. A two-bedroom in a decent neighborhood is about 900 without utilities. A two-bedroom in a seriously dangerous neighborhood is about 600.I could use some feedbackother thoughts on what I should do given the situation. I feel rather fortunate that Im being given such a long notice instead of being kicked to the curb tomorrow.Assistant: Since fiancé wont begin teaching until next year, it seems to me that you dont yet really know where it will make most sense to settle. That would definitely tip the scales toward renting throughout 2018, at very least, so you dont make a commitment to a location.Human: This is where my head has been the last few days, as well, and seems to be what others think too. Guess Ill have to get over my perception of rent burned money.  <response>: In this case you rent so you do not burn money on a house in a location your future wife hates. It will save you money in the long run. 