Since all the landlords here say you should just buy bro, let us see how practical it is for you.
Rule: Before doing the below, the house must be within a 30 minute drive to your workplace. No cheating by commuting more than an hour a day.
Step 1: Post your income. Step 2: Times that by a maximum of 2.5 to come up with what you can afford for a 30 year mortgage. Step 3: Post pictures in your local area of what you can afford.
Step 1: $52,000/yr Step 2: Can afford $130,000. Step 3, pic related. It's just a shitty mobile home manufactured in 1969.