Job 1 is to narrow your search area as much as possible. Frankly, I don't see how you do that without having rented for a while. I wouldn't worry one bit about what someone has suggested about "wasting 30K in equity". First of all, it's not 30K after you do the math and figure what you are NOT paying for, i.e. Taxes, insurance, maintenance fees, amenity fees, mortgage interest (or if not paying a mortgage, you would have the dollars in some sort of interest bearing vehicle) and whatever the math might suggest, IT IS NOT WASTED IF IT HELPS YOU FIND THE HOME YOU WANT IN THE AREA YOU WANT..
The best way to relieve the stress of the situation is to remove the urgency. Renting allows you to do that.
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