On the subject of... houses!

Having driven all the way down to S. Hollywood to pick up my new-hire forms, and having spent over 3 hours to get my physical, I now have an appointment next Weds. at 8:30 (S. Hollywood again) to sign my contract. I'll be official! With my new job, Aaron and I can start looking into the housing market. We've got the name of a realtor who has come very highly recommended by Aaron's supervisor and her daughter who works in the reality business. She'll hook us up with a person to figure out loans, etc. ... and I'm dying of curiousity to see how much house we'll be able to afford. I spent a good deal of time looking at housing listings online today... and it always seems like the kinds of houses I like are just $10-20,000 more than we should really afford. Course, I don't really know what we can afford at this point, lol. So maybe we can get the kind of house I like, who knows.