My FI and I are still struggling on finding the right home for us. We know it's a buyers market and homes are a lot less expensive than they were several years ago. So we thought it would be a great time to buy a house. We have been searching for several months now. We CANNOT find anything that we would even consider having as our home. We had hoped to find a home and be in it by the wedding but right now it is not looking like it. Then, there's the fact that winter is fastly approaching, and it's really not a time people put their homes up for sale. There have been a lot of beautiful homes we have seen but they are fast approaching 100+ years. I love the character the older homes have, but there is just some much work and money that is going to need to go into these homes. Then the other issue is most of our town is in a flood zone and we obviously do not want a house that has had or gets a lot of water in the basement and if it's in the flood zone you're required to have flood insurance which can be pretty costly. With all this being said, we may just consider building a home. We can have it made to our wants and needs and sometimes it can even be cheaper to build than buy. If we did this, they wouldn't be able to start until spring so that means we will be renting the first few months of our marriage. This is completely fine by me because the end result will be a home we both love and will live in the rest of our lives and raise our family in. This has just been the most frustrating process. With all these homes for sale, I thought we would have found one fairly quickly. If anyone has any tips or suggestions on building a home, please let me know. Thanks for letting me vent.