My perspective:

Don’t buy a home to get into the housing market; buy a home to have a home if you don’t want to deal with a landlord (I.e., telling you how you can’t paint or garden, etc.)

If the school is government-run, I hope you can be persuaded to consider other options. They are awful in so many ways.

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Are there options for would-be teachers who don't want to work for the government?

Private schools

Independent tutor

Teach for an after school program and/or camp

Become a dad and participate in your local homeschool co-op

FYI one does not have to be a parent to teach homeschoolers. My Spanish tutor was employed by our co-op and had no kids.

Also FYI I’ve done most of these things, at home and abroad. Working for an after school tutoring program was what I did in China.

I did that some in China too.

A co op sounds like a good idea

Why not to get in the housing market?

My thoughts are build equity, have something for my family. But that houses have so many expenses, plus we've a baby coming in the spring so there's those expenses as well.