re: Homebuying...fresh out of college

Note I am no mortgage guy - As you near buying home, mortgage person can give you estimates and pre approve you for an amount - given your income I don't even think you could get a home that size

In my opinion way too much home...estimate property tax at 3% (depends on county) would add around $625 to the $1,663 not to mention you still have utilites and might estimate home owners dues/insurance at another $250 per month. I would say you might want to focus on the 150-175K - of course extremely hard if not impossible to do inside loop

I have some good material I can email you for first time buying of home if you want to leave your email...it has some tools to use and lingo to read up on

Anyhow, I live in Katy if you ever want to see that area - new Bakers Street is a plus

Also, LSU ALUM has great chapter in Houston - lsuhouston.com