Fair. Even if you went cheap/second hand it’s probably more than a steam deck

If you only play docked, it’d probably be better to have a full PC hooked up to your TV than a steamdeck

Yep. We ran into this issue and we didn’t even do it sight unseen, we were just moving so fast that we got sloppy. It’s hard to continue to be diligent after 30+ failed bids. Ended up with a bid for a house that needed significant and immediate repairs that we couldn’t afford. Ended up walking away and losing our earnest money instead of keeping the house, but we’re much happier for it.

Our budget also continually increased throughout our search. The same houses we were bidding on at the start increased by 50k just in the couple of months spent searching. We only found inventory once we broke into not a starter home budget category. This has resulted in us being pretty house poor to start, but ultimately we plan to stay here for 20+ years so it hasn’t mattered after those lean first few years.