<prompt> Human: My wife and I had or first kid 8 months ago and still rent an apartment in the East Bay suburbs. We have good incomes but that often isnt enough in the Bay Area so Im reaching out for crowdsourced opinions on 1. Should we buy a house and 2. How much should we spend? The stats:Wage income: 220kInterestDividend Income: 5kBonus: 25kDebt: 0Monthly debts: 500Childcare: 1500Savings: 250kRetirement 401k: 230kLastly if my wife quits her job making 85kyr,How does that change opinions on 1 2 considering that childcare cost also zeroes out.  <response>: Its not happening on just your income. 