<prompt> Human: Hello! My wife and I are looking to purchase a home in either Colorado or Texas and were wondering how much house we can truly afford. I understand that between the two states, the housing markets are drastically different. A little background, we are in our early 20s, we have no debt, and make a combined 110kyear. We have roughly 20k in savings with the ability to save roughly 2kmo. A few calculators I looked at online said in our situation, we could afford something up into the 400k mark, which seems excessively high. Were currently targeting homes below 200k. Is that a reasonable target, or should we reconsider? Also, if you have any tips for new homeowners they would be greatly appreciated!Assistant: Why are you looking at buying in those 2 places. Decide where you will want to live for the foreseeable future and then compare the cost of renting with buying. Human: We have to consider these places due to work relocation. Rental costs seem to be 1,000mo in both states for apartments and houses so we figure we may as well look at purchasing a home  <response>: I would start by deciding where you want to live and then renting there for 6 months or a year. If youre relocating your company should pay for part of this. It takes time to learn neighborhoods and commute times and also to decide if its where you want to be long term 