<prompt> Human: Just to get right into things my girlfriend and I have been wanting to move into together. We each rent an apartment, and pay about 700 each for our single apartments. With out leases coming up soon, we would like to get a place together to help save money, and maybe get a place that is a little night than what we currently have. Our biggest issue is that we are torn between purchasing a home. We are both 25 years old students, and if we got a home we would probably only need to be there for 2-4 years. If we got an apartment we would like to get a 2 bedroom, and are trying to keep rent under 950 which there are plenty of options around that we have found. We are both first time home buyers, and have had a bit of an issue finding the first time home buying programs available. We just want to know what we could afford in a house, or if we should just stick to renting over the next few years. Any and all optionshelp is greatly appreciated  <response>: If you plan to only be there 2-4 years you should probably keep renting. Also, its probably better since you havent lived together yet to get an apartment together first. If you do decide to get a get a house together, you need to make sure that each of you could cover the whole cost of the house incase you break up and one person needs to move out until you figure out what to do with it. 