<prompt> Human: Financial background:- Income 2,000mo. net all from my wifes job. I am in the process of starting a new business, so dont have much take home right now. In 6 months I should be profiting a little which would bring us up to 4Kmo.- Expenses: Kept very low. We can be quite frugal.- Debt: none. cars paid for cash.- Emergency fund: 10Knbsp;Weve got two places were looking at to rent, in roughly the same area of town. I work from home, so we need a 2 bedroom- Place A: 895mo. - 2 bedroom apartment on 2nd floor - 980 sq. ft. - complex is little busier area with slightly rougher crowd. We dont feel in danger at all, just an observation.- Place B: 995mo. - 2 bedroom townhouse - 1,200 sq. ft. - attached 2 car garage backs up to neighborhood park - located in quieter neighborhood with older folks living there so you know it cant be that bad.nbsp;We really like Place B, mainly because of the garage we have lots of outdoor rec. gear and go campinghiking about every other weekend. I love to work on the car. Etc. The kitchen is quite big too my wifes favorite part. However, it is more per month and we figured the utilities would be more expensive as well larger sq. footage vaulted ceilings etc..nbsp;If you were in our situation, what would you do?nbsp;Edit: If it felt at any point our expenses were more than our income, I have no problem picking up a part time job temporarily.For those curious about our current expenses, here they are:- Rent: 860mo going up to 910 next month- Vehicle Fuel: 100mo- Cell phone: 60mo- Groceries: 300mo currently we eat healthy, but can drop that down to 200mo- rental car insurance: 70mo- Electric gas utilities: 60mo 1 bedroom apt.- Internet: 25mo- Health insurance: 45mo- Entertainment: 40mo- Personal spending combined: 40mo  <response>: Strongly advise against spending half your income on rent. 