The purchasing process begins with figuring out how much house you can afford.
Head on over to this calculator to plug in some numbers and see where you land! There are two main factors to consider when asking yourself how much house you can afford in CA.
One is how much can you afford monthly to pay towards a mortgage and the other is do you have the cash on hand (or coming) to fix what either needs to be fixed or you want to update. There’s not much worse than spending your hard-earned savings on a fixer-upper because it’s all you can qualify for and then not being able to make the improvements in a timely manner.