Things They Don't Tell You: Budgeting for a House

I cannot, cannot, cannot stress money talk enough. Now before you do anything, talk budget. It's probably the least sexy thing that two people can do together, but it's SO important. 

When Jordan and I decided that we were going to do this thing, like really, really do this thing we got out our paystubs and calculated just how much money we had after we paid for our car insurance, our cell phones, my OSAP (shoutout to the Canadian Government for taking all my money. Hayyyyyy). 

Then we did some calculations of what a home would cost. We used a mortgage calculator to try and see what a house would cost and then did some guesswork for things like utilities. We tried to include EVERYTHING. Groceries, gas, small necessities, extra spending money to keep us sane etc. etc. etc. 

Once we had it all written down we looked at it and said "hey, we can do this."

Your turn. 

From the desk of:

Taylor Brown

Money Lover