At the end of November my lease will be up and while I initially planned to renew for another year, I will not be.

Instead the search for a new house has begun. It's both exciting and anxiety inducing because my partner and I have lived together once before. Theres still a lot we have to work on as far as our relationship: Dynamic structure, Work decompression routines, etc and they will soon be gone for an extended amount of time.

During that time I will focus on working as much as I can in order to save as much as possible before I move in. My partnerhas to finalize their housing decision sooner than me because their lease is up and they only have a small window before they leave for work to set up new housing arrangments. The hunt to find something that will work for both of us is time sensitive.

Finding a house that I'm comfortable in is a higher priority to me than being close to my job even though my preference is to be as close to work as possible. My job however is not set and I do move around at times and long term I have no idea where I'll be working once I get my real estate license. So that seems less important than getting the other things I value in a house. These are the things I've started my search with:

At least 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bath, no carpet flooring, backyard, big or decent sized kicthen with updated appliances, large closets, bathroom counter space other than the sink (an extended countertop attached to sink or separate counter), Max. Rent of $2600.

I have managed to find a few that I'm waiting for my parter to review and discuss their thoughts. We may possible begin viewings tomorrow if appointments can be set up.