<prompt> Human: Me and my girlfriend have an opportunity to buy a very nice house for a very good price that was just remodeled from a family friend. I currently make around 60k pre-tax and she just started her clinicals for nursing. She is not currently working. My question is can I afford a 249000 home on just my income. I live in Delaware and our debts each month are around 300.  <response>: Ill echo what udeadlift_007 said in edit 2. You should not be buying a home with your girlfriend, period. Most people dont go into a relationship planning to break up, but break ups happen, often. And when unmarried couples break up and they own property together, it gets very messy. The laws for splitting up property assets for non-married couples are vague or non-existent depending on where you are. And if you do split, someone still needs to pay for the home, and it may not be possible for one person or the other to get their name off the mortgage.Edit: Fixed a word 