For sure. Being house poor is definitely a thing. My wife and I made the decision that we'd only take on as many expenses as we could afford on only one of our

For sure. Being house poor is definitely a thing. My wife and I made the decision that we'd only take on as many expenses as we could afford on only one of our salaries. That's a lot easier to do when I'm an engineer and she's a doctor, but I know plenty of friends in similar situations who are still leveraged to the hilt.