my fiance and i are looking for our first home out of our parents houses. Well we still got a while (plenty of time) to look. But it doesnt hurt to plan ahead. Apartments here are about $700/mo. and up if we dont wanna live in a bad area. At these prices we may as well look into getting a house. i feel safer with a basement durring bad storms. I was looking at a house and the mortgage said est $350/mo. is that like renting or what? how does that work?